John Berger "Way Of Seeing" Chapter 2-3 Quotes
"To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A naked body has to be seen as an object in order to become a nude."
"To be naked is to be without disguise. To be on display is to have the surface of one’s own skin, the hairs of one’s own body, turned into a disguise which, in that situation, can never be discarded. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress"
Understanding Patriarchy
"Patriarchy is a political-social system that insists that males are inherently dominating, superior to everything and everyone deemed weak, especially females"
"To indoctrinate boys into the rules of patriarchy, we force them to feel pain and to deny their feelings."
The Oppositional Gaze
"Interrogating black looks were mainly concerned with issues of race and racism, the way racial domination of blacks by white overdetermined representation."
"The politics of slavery, of racialized power relations, were such that the slaves were denied their right to gaze"
Mickalene Thomas - Photographed, Collaged, and Painted Muse
"New Jersey-born, Brooklyn-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her richly textured, rhinestone-encrusted paintings of African-American women and bright, collaged interiors."
“By portraying real women with their own unique history, beauty and background, I’m working to diversify the representations of black women in art.”
Overlooked No More: Ana Mendieta, a Cuban Artist Who Pushed Boundaries | NYTimes
"She incorporated unusual natural materials like blood, dirt, water and fire, and displayed her work through photography, film and live performances."
"Ana Mendieta’s art was sometimes violent, often unapologetically feminist and usually raw."
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