Sometimes disturbing, sometimes arousing,
always meaningful, women fine artists, from
all over the world, give new meaning to pinup
art.
Looking for meaning in pinup art is
sometimes a little discouraging. It’s only
natural that women would want to talk about
the issue of women. Women fine artists do it
visually. Their works are full of sex and
talk about sex simultaneously.
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is widely known for her self
portraits in disguise. Sherman has had a long
discussion with the photographed pinup, in
exhibitions like ‘Complete Untitled Film
Stills’, ‘Centerfolds’ and ‘Sex’. As the
years went by Sherman’s images became more
and more violent and ironic, but the message
of exploitation is the same.
Carolee Schneemann
A multidisciplinary
artist, Carolee Schneemann mostly deals
with body, sexuality, and gender. Her
works are tough and not what you might
call pinup-pleasant. But Schneemann is,
in fact, talking about the woman body.
In the work with the scroll, Schneemann,
actually, pulls a scroll out of her
vagina and proceeds on reading from it-
an explanation of why a male film maker
would not accept her performance. In
other words- the difference between what
arouses women and what arouses men. As
is shown in The Joy of Meat:
Mariko Mori
Mariko Mori is a Japanese video and
photographic artist. Mori’s work is full of
self portraits in fantastic landscapes,
juxtaposing Eastern mythology with Western
culture. Mori isn’t criticizing. She creates
fantasy- an ideal future, synthesizing
spirituality with technology.
Tracey Moffatt
Tracey Moffatt is a
photographer and video artist out of
Brisbane, Australia. Some of her photography
has a very deliberate conversation with
glamor and celebrity. Race is involved and
also the story of individual people- a
narrative.
Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara de Lempicka
was a Polish Art Deco painter. Inspired
by Picasso, de Lempica’s style would be
referred to as “soft cubism”. Her images
are mostly about desire and seduction
and intend to effect the viewer in the
same way. The subjects- refined and
fashionable temptresses.
Vanessa Beecroft
Vanessa Beecroft is an Italian contemporary
artist living in Los Angeles. Beecroft holds
mass installations in which models are
grouped in the galleries with specific orders
and the gallery visitors interact with them.
Beecroft’s work is highly controversial and
surfaces questions of objectification and
sexualization of women by women. The
interesting results of Beecroft’s work are,
actually, the reactions from the crowds and
models.
Hope you had a meaningful visit to the realm
of fine art pinups,
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