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Further Research
In looking into the meaning behind the folktales of ‘vagina dentata’, they used the myth to prevent rape. As my project began with the investigation on the objectification of women, I thought this would be a perfect conclusion. In the […]
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Final Display Ideas
Two large scale paintings together. This represents what was mentioned in my last post with the question of why. I do however have a large wall space, these two paintings not filling much of the space. The large scale adds […]
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A Summary so far
From the very start of my blog prostitution and porn have been big aspects in my research as well as using myself. Another important aspect is the interpretation of the viewer and leaving aspects to their imagination. The lips were chosen […]
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Glorified Vagina
“For much of the feminist art that has been labelled ‘erotic’ because it depicts or alludes to genital images is nothing of the sort. It is designed to arouse women, but not sexually. Hannah Will, Deborah Remington and Judy Chicago […]
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Feminism
Going back to the idea of pornography and where my work fits in responding to this, I have been looking into feminist theories. The main anti-pornography feminist being Andrea Dworkin, who I have previously looked at and who started the […]
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Comparing and contrasting
The soft gentle touch to the large-scale lips is particularly different to the dramatic black and roughly cut vagina dentata (vagina with teeth), yet in the same way they both cause a threat to castration, one with the threat of […]
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Vagina Dentata
‘In the 20th century the phrase vagina dentata is first used, derived from the Latin for ‘toothed’ and meaning ‘the motif or theme of a vagina equipped with teeth which occurs in myth, folklore and fantasy, and is said to […]
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Experimenting
As my work recently has been more research based I was told to just go for it, not think just do for a while, so that’s exactly what I’ve been doing. Keeping to my theme of lips and red and […]
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Amsterdam
Red Light District; As my project has touched upon the subject of prostitution, seeing the red light district was an eye opener. The girls stand behind glass doors with red lights around the edge, alluring passers by in, then drawing […]
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Red lips
In the past red lipstick was associated with prostitutes. Prostitutes wore this to separate them from other women in society. If they were to be seen without red lipstick they could be punished for posing as ladies. It wasn’t until […]
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Large scale lips
On a large scale I have painted more female lips as they were the ones I found most effective on the smaller scale. The painting is quite simple and not very detailed but I think that adds to the effect, […]