Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Point.

We've come a long way, but we all know that we are still not there.

It took centuries for female artists to be recognized as "serious". Then, we were considered serious only if we sacrificed all other aspects of our lives to devote ourselves to making art, (while Bad Boy Artists only become more legendary as they spread their seed.) Despite the fact that our work is still not exhibited, collected, or valued in the same way as men's work, more female artists are visible these days. Some even dare to become mothers, but we all understand the rules... don't make art about motherhood.

Society values life experience in their artists: the more an artist has "lived" (traveled, experimented with drugs & sex, etc.), the more they have to offer in their work. So why is work about the most profound, life-altering, and universal experience still a taboo subject in art?

The mission of this blog will be to present contemporary, unconventional work that tells truths about the greatest life experience of all. No earth-mother vagina art from the 70s. No soft-focus pastel sleeping babies. But powerful work from professional artists who are brave enough to endure the trenches of motherhood alongside the trenches of art making, and daring enough to tell about it.

Stay tuned.

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