I saw this post as well….and this is what I thought of too. D= hahaha
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Louise Bourgeois, Femmes-Maisons, 1945-1947
I know one image is shown twice, but I wanted to show the other one that is attached to it. Also, click the images as always.
Bourgeois was influenced by the Surrealist movement at the time of these paintings. They explore her own history as well as issues of femininity, psychoanalysis and communication. Apart from maybe the image of the stairs leading up to between the breasts of the figure, they all provoke feelings of anxiety and imprisonment; what Lucy Lippard has called “uneasy spaces” that conjure up themes of containment and the desire to escape. (For example, the fragmented torsos which can exemplify a lack of freedom)
Is Bourgeois suggesting here woman’s acceptance of her place in society, or is she conveying the tension tat arises between contentment in domestic confinement and a desire to break free of traditional roles?
Without faces, none of the women has an identity. Only the various styles of their houses differentiate them. Some figures seem to fight their containment, while others accept it. In addition, while all the houses have windows and some have doors, implying accessibility, Bourgeois does not tell is the windows and doors are open or closed, locked or unlocked. Although the women’s sexual organs are exposed to whoever wishes to exploit them, their minds are closed off from all outsiders by the houses on their heads.
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THIS
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“Omelettes” (Yolanda Dominguez, 2008) represent the feminine education through children’s toys. These items represent implicit attitudes and attributes that will lead to the future roles of womanhood.
These items represent implicit attitudes and attributes that will lead to the future roles of womanhood. The egg represents the feminine image because it’s the symbol of reproduction whereas the frontal viewpoint shows a round shape that has always referred to women in history. The mosaic shows different feminine roles through a varied selection of toys (beauty, the princess, the kitchen, housework, maternity, looking after others).
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"When we were little, Jaime and I were so much alike that even our lord father could not tell us apart. Sometimes as a lark we would dress in each other’s clothes and spend a whole day as each other. Yet even so, when Jaime was given his first sword, there was none for me. ‘What do I get?’ I remember asking. We were so much alike, I could never understand why they treated us so differently. Jaime learned to fight with sword and lance and mace while I was taught to smile and sing and please. He was heir to Casterly Rock, while I was to be sold to some stranger like a horse, to be ridden whenever my new owner liked, beaten whenever he liked, and then cast aside in time for a younger filly. Jaime’s lot was to be glory and power, while mine was birth and womanhood."
Cersei Lannister (via thatswhatimeant)
Shhh. Yes, she is a fictional character, but despite some MAJOR flaws, I’ve always thought that Cersei is vilified unfairly, OKAY?!
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"My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it’s very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself and do whatever she needs to do."
Ani DiFranco (via lizzfest)
This is mine as well. I think too many see “feminism” as a dirty word because they think that it calls for only one way to be a “woman”, and that just isn’t the case. If anything, that’s part of what feminists are fighting against.
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bahahahahhaa.
