Flowers on Body (Silueta series) by Ana Mendieta
How does Ana Mendieta’s Flowers on Body both subvert and epitomize feminist art?
– Outsider gets inside the earth
– Culture and nature without gender
– Breaking binaries and boundaries
American Artist
Marilyn (Vanitas) by Audrey Flack
How did the 1977 painting Marilyn (Vanitas) help pioneer Superrealism/Photorealism?
– Time, death, and masks
– Candle in the Wind 1973 & 1977
– A real woman lost long ago
Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley
Why’s the Migrant Mother photograph by Dorothea Lange so iconic?
– Defining the Great Depression
– Strength, vulnerability, and shame in Migrant Mother
– Assistance …and then regret
M-Maybe (A Girl’s Picture) by Roy Lichtenstein
Learn more about the painting M-Maybe (A Girl’s Picture):
• Lichtenstein’s use of newspaper comics-style technique.
• Representation and commentary in Pop Art.
• Frequently Asked Questions like, “What is M-Maybe (A Girl’s Picture) worth?”
Vaulting by Susan Rothenberg
This evaluation of Susan Rothenberg’s Vaulting covers these points:
• How many vaulters?
• The story of Vaulting.
• Moving movement portrait.
• Includes Frequently Asked Questions like, “How much is a Susan Rothenberg painting worth?”
Brick House – Simone Leigh – Sculptor
A powerful woman awaits on the 10th Avenue High Line bridge – Brick House. Simone Leigh’s glorious sculpture dominates at 30th Street. Walk up the avenue and you can’t miss her. She’s mighty mighty, looming in the distance.