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Male and Female. 1942-1943 Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956) In November 1943 this painting was included in Jackson Pollock's stunning solo exhibition at Art of This Century, the innovative New York art gallery run by legendary art patron Peggy Guggenheim. As its title suggests, the work depicts a male figure, embodied in the black ...
Sep 22, 2022 · In these works, women artists give agency to female figures, and offer a different view of male subjects. If the works on your wall are showing a little gender bias, we thoroughly recommend you consider adding a few of these beautiful, valuable pieces.
Nov 6, 2015 · Although the work is highly personal to the artist, its themes of desire, sexuality, nurturing and protection are universal. These works, excerpted from Phaidon's <em>Body of Art</em>, show the various ways in which artists have challenged the normative conceptions of what our bodies should look like.
Jackson Pollock’s Male and Female: Symbolism and Contested Inferences. Male and Female, one of Jackson Pollock’s (1912-1956) earlier works, which preceded his “action” paintings with his signature “drip” technique, was painted during 1942 and 1943. This oil-on-canvas, measuring over six feet high and nearly five feet wide, made its ...
Mar 6, 2019 · 06 March 2019. For centuries, the depiction and role of women in art was determined by men. These boundary-breaking female artists seek to redress this imbalance, surpassing the male-dominated barrier to reframe the representation of the female figure in art. Cindy Sherman (b. 1954)
Jul 27, 2017 · Hermaphrodite and Man Woman are both early paintings, made six years before the controversial sculptures, and with their bold colours and abstract figures they can be seen as joyful liberations of gender.
Or, do a comparison as a class of two paintings, one by a male artist and another by a female artist, that depict the same public space, like Pierre-August Renoir’s The Loge (1874) and Cassatt’s Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge (1879).
