tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846469594426320958.post7131101388101463121..comments2017-04-25T02:17:10.709-07:00Comments on Critical Distance: Group 1 AIB MFA Residency Summary - January, 2010Rob S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09189372586918106258noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846469594426320958.post-14240929786359131442010-02-07T19:26:03.236-08:002010-02-07T19:26:03.236-08:00Thanks, Mary and Joe! The support from wonderful a...Thanks, Mary and Joe! The support from wonderful artists such as yourselves really helps bolster me up.<br /><br />Mary, at least I understand myself a little better now. In this program they DO ask me what I'm trying to say, and the answer better be damn good, or I'm toast. Yipes.Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09189372586918106258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846469594426320958.post-66115219675500136362010-02-04T15:50:26.301-08:002010-02-04T15:50:26.301-08:00But what's wrong with literally painting a wom...But what's wrong with literally painting a woman? I don't see how it's any different from the boys in class who paint and draw the female models. Isn't painting an act of practice? You can answer me in class next time I see you. I think this stuff is a little over my head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846469594426320958.post-62844994257625080892010-02-02T00:47:27.587-08:002010-02-02T00:47:27.587-08:00Hey JT - Meg here, I figured you'd see me foll...Hey JT - Meg here, I figured you'd see me following you...:) This whole blogging thing is a little confusing...(not that I'm a dumb blond with botox or anything...)<br />Your summary is excellent...it's amazing how that week has stirred up so much change-all good-Did you get Aho for a mentor?K Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03625144280007086198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846469594426320958.post-17013325402514340222010-02-01T17:13:13.696-08:002010-02-01T17:13:13.696-08:00Whoa Rob, what an opening!Cheers to your new adven...Whoa Rob, what an opening!Cheers to your new adventure!Begnaudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006238225581814577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846469594426320958.post-65168728300410196792010-01-31T18:44:12.825-08:002010-01-31T18:44:12.825-08:00I totally got that "male gaze" thing fro...I totally got that "male gaze" thing from every painting you did of a woman. What could I say? You were inside of your habitual gender perspective and happy with it (you're not alone.) No body had ever asked you what you were trying to say with those paintings. Looked to me like you preferred painting women to painting men. Technically good. There are tons of guys painting from that perspective. And you were happy with it...Glad you are seeing a new paradigm. This graduate school thing is fabulous- you'll never be the same- some real growth. Nothing like diving deep into art. Go Rob!Mary Byromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647925500872647350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846469594426320958.post-70517735093306089562010-01-31T18:32:43.047-08:002010-01-31T18:32:43.047-08:00It's the whole "male gaze" issue, KT...It's the whole "male gaze" issue, KT. Thing is, you can't go painting naked ladies with a blank context. It automatically assumes the perspective of the artist, in this case - me, a man. The female form essentially becomes an object of subjectivity made for the pleasure of a man's eyes.<br /><br />If the viewer is female, her natural perspective on any inherent narrative is subverted, since this was made by a man, with a man's perspective, essentially for men. Even if this is not the intent, intentionality is made manifest by the obvious heterosexual male pleasure signifier of a nude woman. Therefore, the female viewer can only identify with the image from a man's perspective, denying her primacy as a viewer. This kind of thing serves as a subtext to the relegation of women as secondary to men.<br /><br />It's a tough thing to swallow, but the logic is solid.Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09189372586918106258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846469594426320958.post-756756982138493802010-01-31T18:17:03.066-08:002010-01-31T18:17:03.066-08:00"Not a few seasoned students warned me that m..."Not a few seasoned students warned me that my depiction of the female form made me a target for the faculty to riddle with all kinds of critical darts. I came to understand that this was exacerbated by the fact that I was a representational realist, male and white."<br />What exactly did they say about your female figures?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com