Post by Luna~Rose on Jul 10, 2017 22:55:05 GMT -6
Women Outnumber Men At Art Schools — So Why Isn't Their Work Being Shown In Galleries Once They Graduate?
www.bustle.com/p/women-outnumber-men-at-art-schools-so-why-isnt-their-work-being-shown-in-galleries-once-they-graduate-55299
I remember how hostile men in the art field are towards women. I was definitely on the receiving end of that many times. Honestly, they were downright angry acting towards women trying to escape the label of "parlor art". I had one teacher at VAP that was really awful towards me. He was insanely jealous and all he did was pick on me. The other students had to gang up on me to. The other students apologized to me for it but they still did it to get into art school. I'll never forget that.
I stood off and watched men critique women's art. They treat other women the same way I was treated.
Women do things that irritate them. We use colors in the backgrounds to create atmosphere but they consider it a poor use of negative space. ("No, you're a poor use of negative space, asshole!")
They don't think we blend enough, focus too much on tiny details, and our color is too pure but we see differently then men.
Women have more color cones in our eyes and we have better vision for close up, detailed work.
For whatever reason, things mustn't be as blurry for us either.
www.bustle.com/p/women-outnumber-men-at-art-schools-so-why-isnt-their-work-being-shown-in-galleries-once-they-graduate-55299
When career fields are dominated by men, it's usually assumed that this is because men make up the majority of students training in that discipline. In fields like computer science, this is true — but when it comes to the art world, the story is quite different. Though Hyperallergic's editor, Jill Steinhauer, noted that women make up 60-75 percent of those studying art at a university level, a report on gender disparity in the arts compiled by the National Museum of Women in the Arts showed that female artists rarely comprise more than 30 percent of the artists shown in museums and galleries. The NMWA further reports that, “Though women earn half of the MFAs granted in the US, only a quarter of solo exhibitions in New York galleries feature women."
I remember how hostile men in the art field are towards women. I was definitely on the receiving end of that many times. Honestly, they were downright angry acting towards women trying to escape the label of "parlor art". I had one teacher at VAP that was really awful towards me. He was insanely jealous and all he did was pick on me. The other students had to gang up on me to. The other students apologized to me for it but they still did it to get into art school. I'll never forget that.
I stood off and watched men critique women's art. They treat other women the same way I was treated.
Women do things that irritate them. We use colors in the backgrounds to create atmosphere but they consider it a poor use of negative space. ("No, you're a poor use of negative space, asshole!")
They don't think we blend enough, focus too much on tiny details, and our color is too pure but we see differently then men.
Women have more color cones in our eyes and we have better vision for close up, detailed work.
For whatever reason, things mustn't be as blurry for us either.