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StoneFrog
18th July 2010, 01:15
I've been working on some concepts for left art work, since the imagery of male workers is very easy to find and see how other do it. I can't seem to find much if any women in left art work, chinese seem to have had some propaganda stuff with women about all i could find.
I want to know how would you like to be portrayed in art? I want the ladies here to give me a little help please.
Ele'ill
18th July 2010, 01:58
No different than the men.

Are you looking for example photographs that capture females in working hardship?

Are you looking for ideas to combine and paint onto a canvas?
StoneFrog
18th July 2010, 02:21
No different than the men.

Are you looking for example photographs that capture females in working hardship?

Are you looking for ideas to combine and paint onto a canvas?

yes, any photo's would be great, and hoping to combine different elements and put onto canvas yes.
But making left art and having a women in it can be delicate, i really really don't want to piss of any feminists!
eclipse
18th July 2010, 18:02
Can you tell a little more about the work in progress? Else ueful tips will be kind of hard.
You don`t hvae to take over left iconography, you can change other iconography into uch or just use as reference. Deviant art ist full with ressources as a start.

How is having a woman in a piece of art delicate? If itīs not obviously sexist there should be no problem with any feminists. ^^
al8
19th July 2010, 04:08
Well then With no.Mute is obviously asking about what would be considered sexist or not. Any experts care to espouse the proper etiquette on this matter?
Honggweilo
20th July 2010, 04:07
if you are basing your art on the situation of working women in reality, then just look at... reality. I mean how can portraying reality to reflect conditions be sexist?
StoneFrog
20th July 2010, 18:23
if you are basing your art on the situation of working women in reality, then just look at... reality. I mean how can portraying reality to reflect conditions be sexist?

Its happened before...


I think im just going to go off instinct, if anyone doesn't like ah well :rolleyes:
Bad Grrrl Agro
20th July 2010, 20:42
I've been working on some concepts for left art work, since the imagery of male workers is very easy to find and see how other do it. I can't seem to find much if any women in left art work, chinese seem to have had some propaganda stuff with women about all i could find.
I want to know how would you like to be portrayed in art? I want the ladies here to give me a little help please.

I won't speak for other women, but I personally would like to be portrayed as beautiful but also a strong willed fighter. I usually end up portraying myself as a tragic existence.
Nothing Human Is Alien
20th July 2010, 20:52
Ilya Repin's work was realistic.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Ilya_Repin_-_Fisher_girl.jpg

Millet's painting The Gleaners (below) was condemned in France for its realistic depiction of women of the lower classes.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Millet_Gleaners.jpg

Dorothea Lange's depression era photography was also based in the reality of the times.

Migrant Mother is her most famous work:

http://worldsfamousphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/migrant_mother.jpg
StoneFrog
21st July 2010, 03:36
I won't speak for other women, but I personally would like to be portrayed as beautiful but also a strong willed fighter.

Thank you, i have an idea im going to work on which incorporates this.


those paintings are Awesome!
Been looking at socialist art today and last night didn't realize there are some really good artists, most my knowledge of art history is dutch masters but im really liking some of the socialist realist work I've seen.