G Rrill Helen (Royal Academy Of Arts Uk) - Women Can't Paint Gender The Glass Ceiling And Values In Contemporary Art - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In 2013 Georg Baselitz declared that women don t paint very well . Whilst shocking his comments reveal what Helen G rrill argues is prolific discrimination in the artworld. In a groundbreaking study of gender and value G rrill proves that there are few aesthetic differences in men and women's painting but that men's art is valued at up to 80 per cent more than women s. Indeed the power of masculinity is such that when men sign their work it goes up in value yet when women sign their work it goes down. Museums the author attests are also complicit in this vicious cycle as they collect tokenist female artwork which impinges upon its artists market value. An essential text for students and teachers G rrill's book is provocative and challenges existing methodologies whilst introducing shocking evidence. She proves how the price of being a woman impacts upon all forms of artistic currency be it social cultural or economic and in the vanguard of the Me Too movement calls for the artworld to take action.
Title: Women Can't Paint Gender The Glass Ceiling And Values In Contemporary Art
Author(s): G rrill Helen (Royal Academy Of Arts Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501359033
Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Date: 2/6/2020
Category: Gender Studies: Women