An ongoing archive of admirable pieces and their tales…
“It’s raining women’s voices
as if they had died
even in memory,
and it’s raining you as well-
Marvellous encounters of my life
(o little drops!)”
― Apollinaire
From 1933 to 1945, one-fifth — a total of 20% — of all Western artworks of all time in existence were stolen; that is approximately 650,000 pieces of art, valued approximately at tens of billions of contemporary American dollars. If the scope of items we consider in this equation is…
The Pre-Raphaelite’s anti-Victorian rendering of the female subject has been mistaken as a display of female liberation, and the humanity in these depicted women – seemingly proto-feminist – has been overshadowed by their origin of manifestation: the female-fearing man. Female tropes used by the Pre-Raphaelites, such as the femme fragile,…
The word “myth” has always intrigued me; is myth defined by an absence of truth in a story steeped into the very foundations of a society, by the effect this absence of truth has, or by the interpretation its inhabiting society creates of a story? Is myth created elsewhere and…
A contradiction to the idea that women are the world’s defaulted nurturers, the figure is actively portrayed as ailing and bereaved, with her body washed white from the “parasite” that is her fetus. The figure is stretched in ways reminiscent of gothic elongation. A confident, composed man is in the…
There is absolutely nothing more refreshing than the sound of a mourning dove singing about the cold, crisp morning air on a rainy September Sunday. I have felt a sensation of peace and ease wash over me as of recent, and a deep relief, one I’ve been waiting eagerly and…
Through the mirror, Venus’s reflection is displayed back at the viewer with indistinguishable facial features, hinting at the illusion of beauty and vanity. The viewer is indirectly placed in the position of the male viewer, perceiving the scene from a place of secret voyeuristic intention. In fact, both figure’s faces are…
She lays in a fetal position, nude, with her knees held up tight to her forehead, and with her left arm underneath her head. She holds herself gently. Her seemingly lifeless body folds into the vase’s rounded shape, as if blending the two together into a single element. Even with…
Academically challenged, artistic, distraught and insecure, Marie spent her teen years balancing between few means of support. Being a schoolteacher, although only her mother’s dream for her, had become a dream unfeasible, regardless. Marie had described herself as “sad, ugly, and devoid of hope.” Nonetheless, she excelled at drawing, and…
Visualizing the celestial world of the divine feminine and ethereal, Mazza pictures herself through choices of colors, patterns, and calculated compositions of spiritual deities. Robed in garments inspired by fashion designer Anna Sui and contemporary fashion, these angels live life atop our world in the astral realm, depicting notions of…
A newly hired art director for the Stehli Silks cooperation, Kneeland L. Green, visited the International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held in Paris in 1925, leaving deeply inspired by the trip. He then kicked-off a solely Americana influenced print line, showed throughout the exhibition.
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