Winding back in time, strangely enough I was artist's model as
well as artist. Whatever happened to Life Drawing? Now, in
Australia, we have the art gallery police who turn up at the whiff of flesh
toned paint- especially if the works are of children by their mothers, or nude
self-portraits by women. After hundreds of years of representation of naked
women and children, cherubs, and all sorts of mythological creatures by male
artists, as soon as women resist the role of model and pick up the paintbrush
for themselves, it seems, the art police step in.
Two artists whose works I know well, Del Kathryn Barton and Cherry
Hood, both mothers, have had their art works reviewed by the police department
of Australian Art Criticism.
I will be discussing the heavy yet secretive policing of Australian mother artist’s
work, and responding to their critical reviews, in coming articles on this site.
Ruth Skilbeck 16.12.2012
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