![]() ![]() The letter also becomes a composition of floral shapes which might look pretty at first glance, but hide a darker concept as you look into the text. The blue surrounds the creative bursts and the pink become unable to access to them. The colorful spots represent creativity and the arts. Following gender stereotypes, the blue represents male figures and the pink represents female figures. I translated these feelings and ideas into abstract color and shapes. She explains why women artists have not been given the recognition that their male counterparts have received instead.Īfter reading the book I translated the text into how it made me feel, the ideas it inspired, the thinking and new knowledge it provided me. In this essay Nochlin investigates the obstacles imposed by institutions that have prevented women (specifically in the West) from succeeding in the arts. ![]() This work was inspired by the essay "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists" written by American art historian Linda Nochlin in 1971. Linda Nochlin set the ball rolling by challenging the status quo of the Euroamerican art academy with her provocative essay ‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists’, first published in the American publication ARTnews in 1971. ![]()
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