Leaving aside the question of whether the differences you see are are
socially or physically determined, where would you put Rothko?
Mark
At 07:15 PM 7/28/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>Annie wrote:
>
>> Anyways, to cut myself off before I write anymore, what is your take on
>> modern writers and femininity, and can men write like a women. Will each
>> gender forever write for their own sex? And what poets or poems have a true
>> feminine quality to it?
>
>Hi Annie
>
>I'm currently about half way through "A Woman's Voice", by
>Jenny Digby,
>Uni of Qld Press, 1996 ISBN 0 7022 2732 3
>
>Its a series of interviews with various Australian women
>poets and much of what you are raising here is discussed.
>I've found it very stimulating.
>
>Its been my observation, comparing art by men and art by
>women, that there is a male and a female aesthetic that must
>in some way be related to physical difference and means of
>perception, thought etc. (exactly how is the thesis I have
>yet to write) Very generally speaking, males prefer
>blues/greys/neutrals and square gridded forms; females
>pinks, oranges, violets and rounded forms. You can test this
>at your local art gallery. It shows up well in abstract art.
>Compare Frankethaler and O'Keefe with their male
>counterparts for eg. The better artists are the ones who go
>beyond this difference, and the women who apply a male
>aesthetic to their work are the ones who gain better
>recognition.
>
>I've also noted that the prevaling aesthetic is a masculine
>one, for obvious reasons. With some complications wrt the
>gay component of our tastemakers.
>
>I first picked up on this at art school when I noticed that
>words such as pretty, decorative, delicate etc were used as
>derogatory terms, and have been researching on it since.
>
>Josephine
>
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