Michael Ray Charles, Forever Free, Beware, 1994.
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #186 & #187 1989
Jeff Koons - Ilona on Top (1990)
Nikki Lee, The Exotic Dancers Project (#4), 2000
Barbara KrugerUntitled (I shop therefore I am), 1987
Adrian Piper, Everything #10Why do Artists like Cindy Sherman, Nikki Lee, Yasumasa Morimura and Jeff Koons want to be the subject in their art? What drives them to this reenactment of personas?
When will we be able to overcome issues of race and gender in the world that affects our art making?
On pg 242, the question is posed by Linda Nochlin in her essay asking, " Why have there been no great women artists?" She argues that it's institutional, educational and economic barriers, not innate inferiority-- I have to ask does masculine and feminine need to be considered today as Linda did in the late 60's? Why do feminist artists reject "gender neutral" ?
Do artists like Pepon Osorio feel the need to explore their roots as a way to overcome or understand their identity living in one culture displaced from another?
Does Michael Ray Charles cross uncomfortable lines with his depictions of backs in past American culture? Why do people become uncomfortable?
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