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James Heartfield at "Old Spiked" thinks he knows what Feminism should be about.
An assault on a vindication of woman
An assault on a vindication of woman
Mary Wollstonecraft memorial statue provokes mixed reaction
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danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Random’s good.
JimW
支那暗杀团
No, commemorative art should address the topic at hand, damn it all.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
It’s a swirling mass of female forms.
Nice n spicy I hope and none of that scampi and lemon muck...
JimW
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Oh, I missed that. Or are you interpreting?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Looking.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yes, if she was in proportion, in a “emerging” heroic stance, and being held aloft by the arms of womanhood, that’d be a much better composition and message.
JimW
支那暗杀团
Not seeing it and then everywoman is transcending a swirling mass of the female form not battering down the patriarchy or something useful. Bin it!
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
JimW
支那暗杀团
Clever re-purposing of her first attempt more like.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
I think maybe if you've got a thing then sometimes it's better to stick to that thing.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
It cost four and a half times the average salary and took two and a half years to unveil since it was commissioned.
Can’t help but feel it could have been completed better in half the time and at half the cost.
She did a massive scallop shell for £60k after all.
Can’t help but feel it could have been completed better in half the time and at half the cost.
She did a massive scallop shell for £60k after all.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
I couldn't care less about the cost. I just don't think the idea isn't very well realised. Which is a shame. It feels like she could have worked a bit longer on the idea and made something better.
But it's her vision at the end of the day and my opinion of it.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I don't think it's just your opinion. I reckon pretty much everyone thinks it isn't very fitting.
Fuck off, Gromit
LongMary is long
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Looking at this carefully, I think it might be Gonzo from the Muppets suffocating with his head in a carrier bag.
It also just doesn't fit with the rest of the piece.
Her art is all about movement and flowing shapes and forms. Then this little mini oscar pops up. It's out of synch and jars with the rest.
Maybe that's what she meant to portray but why use a mini female body that's only a fraction away from a Barbie doll? Why not a more human form? In every sense of the word "human" with all it's imperfections and life experiences showing in some graphic way?
It's a mistake. It is not in synch with her style or other work. Some day she will admit that it's not what she had planned. I'd put money on the current base having been the finished piece only someone paying felt it needed more.
Her art is all about movement and flowing shapes and forms. Then this little mini oscar pops up. It's out of synch and jars with the rest.
Maybe that's what she meant to portray but why use a mini female body that's only a fraction away from a Barbie doll? Why not a more human form? In every sense of the word "human" with all it's imperfections and life experiences showing in some graphic way?
It's a mistake. It is not in synch with her style or other work. Some day she will admit that it's not what she had planned. I'd put money on the current base having been the finished piece only someone paying felt it needed more.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
It's really not that like a barbie doll at all. It's far more like a female version of Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, perfectly proportioned - and very well toned.
It's really not that like a barbie doll at all. It's far more like a female version of Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, perfectly proportioned - and very well toned.
Well...its not like many or most women.
It's definitely not the ordinary average woman.
Its idealised. So its all wrong in the sense that it represents feminism.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
any tribute to Fred Dibnah would surely include a massive erection blowing up.You know what, lets put the shoe on the other foot...lets look at how people might react to a statue of Fred Dibnah...say he gets memorialised in a statue as a muscle toned young man with his penis out.
That would not represent who he was would it?
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Curious how her vision for a fitting tribute to Wollstonecraft happened to fit so nicely within her existing brand.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. If it fits with the rest of her work and that's her "brand" then that's how she projects herself as an artist. Which makes complete sense.
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