Mini Post: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

https://www.pafa.org/stories/njideka-akunyili-crosbyhttps://www.pafa.org/stories/njideka-akunyili-crosby

This artist is portraying her dominance and also her love for another race from her own.  The social issue and cultural issues in society may irritate some in todays society.  The artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby does a great job making western and African cultures meet.  I love how the women is admired by the man, awesome twist from historical paintings.

Mini Post: @AMBIVALENTLYYOURS(@AMBIVALENTLYYOURS)

Kiera Fils-Aime

January 25, 2017

AMBIVALENTLY YOURS

     Ambivalently Yours is an anonymous artists. She is a feminists that encourages women to stand up for themselves and not fall victim to the media, patriarchy, and other social issues that we face. Her motivation is fueled by negativity in the fashion industry in particular. By creating blog posts with empowering words and images, she encourages females to always love themselves for who they are regardless of what goes on in society and always be great. In all she displays courageous words and cheers on her followers, especially the feminist ones through wise words. At times when I feel like giving up, I always go on her page and read some encouraging quotes such as, "while some things are out of your control, there are other things you can do to help enhance your chances at success (and by success I don’t necessarily mean money or fame or anything permanent, I mean moments, little amazing moments, that you hold onto when everything else turns to shit…)". I always worry that my life will not turn out the way I want to, but, this always helps me remember that success is not a clear path, life will throw me curve balls. Instead of calling success my final goal, I focus on all the exciting moments that I encounter throughout my daily life. Furthermore, in the first below that states," Don't let them turn your strengths and flaws" (@AMBIVALENTLYYOURS), the artists states that women should not allow society to kill their spirits and make one frown upon themselves, we are strong and beautiful. In the second photo that states, " Talking to each other instead of about each other" (@AMBIVALENTLYYOURS). The artists suggests that instead of trying to compete with one another and being judgmental, all females should stand together because we will be stronger as one. In the last image that states, " I love you but I can't excuse your sexist bullshit" (@AMBIVALENTLYYOURS). The artist explains that women should not have to deal with sexism. Instead, society needs to change the way they see women and how they treat them. Overall, @AMBIVALENTLYYOURS can be seen as not only an artist, but also a role model for many women to understand the way they deserve to be treated and a positive outlook to have on life. http://www.ambivalentlyyours.com/about

 

IG: @AMBIVALENTLYYOURS

  

IG: @AMBIVALENTLYYOURS

IG: @AMBIVALENTLYYOURS

Mini Post: Polly Nor

Zoya Ali

Professor Cacoilo

Art and Women

January 22, 2017

Polly Nor

                                                       Pollynor.com

Polly Nor is a millennial artist from London. She is not a well known artist around the world. I found her on Instagram last year and her art caught my attention instantly. Nor is a feminist and social activist who uses her talent to start conversations about body positivity, mental health, and many other social issues. If you look on the bulletin board in the first picture, you will see a paper with the words, “BLACK LIVES MATTER”. Polly Nor draws women and their flaws, similar to Frida Kahlo. Unlike most European art done by male artists who show women with smooth and blemish-free skin, Nor showcases the body hair and fat rolls that we all deal with. By depicting female bodies in a realistic fashion, she is sending a body positive message to the spectators of her artwork.

In almost all of her pieces, Polly Nor shows an interaction between women and demons. A lot of her pieces show women looking in mirrors and seeing ugly beasts looking back at them. There are also pieces where the woman captures and locks up her demon, and vice versa. Sometimes the women are just hanging out with the demons as if they were friends, or even performing sexual acts. My perception of this is the demons represent the inner demons we all have. Some people hear those voices in their head louder than others. I think in each picture, Nor shows how different women deal with their demons. You may find yourself staring in a mirror for hours, over analyzing yourself, or you may even let the demons take over your life completely. Either way, Polly Nor showcases the most vulnerable and intimate moments that women have with themselves, sometimes in their head, or when they are completely alone.

Mini Post: Nadya Tolokonnikova

Nii Solomon

Nadya Tolokonnikova

Nadya Tolokonnikova is a Russian conceptual artist and activist. She is a member of the punk rock collective Pussy Riot. Tolokonnikova has been exceedingly vocal of unjust political practices and the equality of women. She is not afraid to criticize Putin and has even been critical of Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-bKFo30o2o

Mini Post: Panmela Castro

Emily Zuniga
Art and Women
Professor Caciolo

Panmela Castro

Panmela Castro is a Brazilian-born artist. She is a feminist, human rights activist, art collector, and a promoter of street art produced by women in Brazil. She's an artist whose main areas of interest are the female body in dialogue with the urban landscape and questions of otherness and binary gender. She also founded the Rede NAMI, a feminist organization that unites various artistic talents and that seeks to promote training and workshops with the aim of promoting the right of women, and, in essence, to end violence committed against women.Based in Rio de Janeiro, Castro uses her skills to create murals addressing the country’s problem with domestic violence, gender inequality and the mistreatment of women.

“We face different situations that we are conditioned to obey and that most of the time are oppressive and/or prejudiced,” she told The Huffington Post. “This is why we have to change what it means to be a woman in the world.”

 The Maria da Penha Law on Domestic Violence against Women, a law named after a woman who was so severely beaten by her husband that she was paralyzed for life, was enacted in Brazil in 2006. The law granted legal protection for women, giving them the tools they needed to combat violence against women. Panmela recognized this as an opportunity to combine to her love for graffiti and her passion for women’s rights.

 

First Street Green Art Park. 2016. New York. USA

Although she is based in Brazil, Castro has done street art around the world, using her work to teach others that art can make an impact. 

 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. 2013.

 Berlin, Germany. 2011.

 Linares, Spain. 2012.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/panmela-castro-graffiti-artist-brazil_us_563cf31be4b0307f2cad508fhttps://www.vitalvoices.org/vital-voices-women/featured-voices/panmela-castro

https://panmelacastro.carbonmade.com

Mini Post by Jaiheer Rogers

Jaiheer Rogers

Art & Women

Professor Cacoilo

Due 1/24/2017

Renee Cox

         Renee Cox is a African American female artist who specializes in photographer and mixed media. She was born October 16, 1960 in Colgate, Jamaica. Eventually Renee found herself living in Scarsdale, New York which influenced her style in art. She is a political activist and is part of the feminist art movement in the United States. Her work addresses political and social issues about women rights and the destruction of gender-based stereotypes. Her work creates controversial debate which fight racism and aim to correct cultural information. 

        She is very unique and uses her own body as well as digital technology to promote self love and expresses black oppression by using the character Raje, to display women empowerment. Some of best known works are Raje, Yo Mama's Last Super, and Queen Nanny of the Maroons which she uses light and digital technology to provoke cultural work, gender and African studies on one spectrum. The mission is to create new visuals to portray a positive visual representation of African American attributes in the U.S. She hopes to continue to make new creations for "new consciousness of the body and unleash new possibilities."

    picture from http://www.reneecox.org/raje

 She made Liberation of Aunt Jemima piece in 1998 which uses superhero figures to show historical role with racism-fighting characters.

img alt="Image result for renee cox" src="http://culturedesigners.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/h6.png"> picture source 

This portrait includes her character Raje creates of visual presentation of women empowerment and shows that women don' have to be afraid of self love.

Mini Post: Menstruate With Pride

Sarah Maple a feminist, activist, and artist was born(1986)and raised in the United Kingdom while having parents of Christian and Muslim descent, she became aware of all kinds of discrimination. She studied fine arts at Kingston University and also the University of Creative Arts. Maple has exhibitions displayed all over the world. She is an award-winning artist of the Sky Acadamy Arts Scholarship, Artangel, and also 4 New Sensations, Saatchi Gallery. Her upcoming exhibitions will take place in Amsterdam and Nottingham. The painting above is an oil painting by Sarah Maple called "Menstruate With Pride", a painting made in order to stop the social stigma of womanhood.The point of this painting is to show that although women from time to time may feel ashamed and or feel "rotten" of having a period, we should embrace, not be embarrassed since it because it is a part of being a women. Sarah Maple also creates oil paintings of women wearing the hijab(Muslim head scarf) and also revealing a body part and or smoking to show that women who cover should be free to do so and that the pressure to reveal body is unnecessary.