ARTH 176A Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Boston Herald, Ethel Reed, Guerrilla Girls
30 Apr 2018
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Ethel reed, the boston sunday herald 1895 lithograph
● She was able to make a living off of her own art, she was trying
to make a living off her own art
● School books and magazine focus on women
● Used herself as a model because she is a starting artist
● Weren't hired on a contract, hired for work
● Favored simple style, less embellishment
● 1890 - boston center of art, arts and crafts movement
● Income that spent on other products
● New woman
Guerrilla Girls, Do women have to be naked to get into the
met? 1989 color offset lithograph on illustration board
● Idealized women to be silence
● Anonymous group of women who used a lot of text
● Choosing other background, display of power
● Strategy: Statistic
● Rebel against women seen as emotion, want something concrete
● Woman there for a sexual pleasure for a group of man
● Artist uncomfortable: what is the function of a nude? Problematic history: who gets to
see the body. De-robed, face cover so there is modesty
Compared to
“Women are” now poster, 1970
● Both for guerrilla girls: Idealization of women
● Logo near here face
● Greek: oppressive women
● Wealthy woman
The ladder, October 1957
Worked in france then moved to the states
● Bay Area based
● Taking the mask of what society is expecting
● Gay
Compared to
Cassandre, Harper’s Bazaar October 1939
● Surrealist idea
● In the war period
● Emerging women
Rochael Romero, San Francisco Poster Brigade Stop forced
sterilization, 1978, linocut poster
● 60,000 women sterilized because of their ethnicity, etc
● Forced sterilization to people who have mental challenge
● Eugenic movement that the united states embraces because
the amount of immigrants coming into the U.S
● Look the way it does: labor intensive
● Pushing against the international style
● Features of the face makes it powerful, aggressive because
of the sharp line
Document Summary
Ethel reed, the boston sunday herald 1895 lithograph. She was able to make a living off of her own art, she was trying to make a living off her own art. School books and magazine focus on women. Used herself as a model because she is a starting artist. Weren"t hired on a contract, hired for work. 1890 - boston center of art, arts and crafts movement. Anonymous group of women who used a lot of text. Rebel against women seen as emotion, want something concrete. Woman there for a sexual pleasure for a group of man. Problematic history: who gets to see the body. Both for guerrilla girls: idealization of women. Worked in france then moved to the states. Taking the mask of what society is expecting. Rochael romero, san francisco poster brigade stop forced sterilization, 1978, linocut poster. 60,000 women sterilized because of their ethnicity, etc. Forced sterilization to people who have mental challenge.
