I have no problem with the canon – i.e. how art has been made in the past.  All the original paintings in this piece were made in the cultures of their time and can be appreciated for what they were at those times.
 
What bothers me is the ageist, and probably sexist, attitude of the person who has used these images from the past to make his own work in today’s current cultural climate – in which many of us expect a degree of sensitivity towards others outside the dominant white, male, euro-centric culture of the past.

Karen Wallis


On 27/3/08 07:52, "Sylvia CORNET" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

It appears to me that all those
are relevant from the same  principle

basic to antiques as to now :

THE " adequate "  MEASURES, 

IN FRENCH : LE CANON....

what is your opinion about " le canon " ...




Le 26 mars 08 à 12:44, Karen Wallis a écrit :

 Very interesting – but the way the eyes engage with the viewer makes me think that perhaps it should be called ‘Young Women in Art’ or ‘Girls in Art’...
 
 Karen Wallis
 
 
 On 26/3/08 09:25, "Sylvia CORNET" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
 

 

  
 

http://www.artgallery.lu/digitalart/women_in_art.html