Not that I havent enjoyed some of the things we've done in this class, but any chance to be creative and get to dig around and look for art that I like is fantastic especially after being trapped at home for six weeks and with zero ability to focus on anything Im not interested in.
I probably should have mentioned my theme at the start of my powerpoint but it felt more important to leave it until the end. I dont know that I've even noticed the lack of woman-made art work the last time I went to a big gallery, but the more I read about it the more it seems like something that really needs to be fixed. It's not even a matter of the quality of work, women are making art that IS as good or better than men. I even read about an experiment they did, creating a large group of computer-generated art and showing it to a bunch of volunteers. The volunteers assumed that the more compelling art was made by men, and the less interesting pieces by women, even though every piece was actually created by a computer. Im not sure what the solution is to this problem, as its been going on for so long and there are so many moving parts, but it doesnt seem like a lot of important parts of art history might be forgotten if women dont start showing up on gallery walls.
I really enjoyed the opportunity to search for some of my favorite artists, and then find some others that I had never heard of to include alongside them. I tried to pick a variety of styles of pieces and a mix of paintings and sculptures and installations as well. Discovering so many of these women in my "exhibit" for the first time makes it more apparent that they really arent getting enough coverage, and I feel like now I need to spend the time to get to know more of their work on my own.
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