Hector wrote:
Monique Morrow wrote:
One of the points I discussed in NYC last week was also the role of media
and what is depicted in film, TV and so on wrt girls-women, a topic of
the
Miss Representation initiative:
http://www.missrepresentation.org/
Monique
My young artist daughter depicted the woman dilemma in her well
received, career advancing gallery showing painting:
http://www.jaclynsantos.com/images/large/g.jpg
Here is Jaclyn's view on this topic:
http://www.jaclynsantos.com/statement.html
"I FEEL that contemporary American society places an unattainable
amount of expectations on women; cinematography in particular
often creates "superwomen" who are unnaturally beautiful, smart,
talented, successful, and sexually gifted. However, due to time
constraints
as well as genetically determined physical and mental limitations, no
real woman could ever possibly achieve equality with these
fictitious idols.
While women have always been my chosen subject matter, I feel that
my work simultaneously functions as a more general commentary on the
dominant isolationist spirit of modern American culture. This is
why I
typically paint the figures by themselves. I prefer to place them
within their own environments to emphasize their isolation."
--
HLS
