"The feminist art movement refers to the efforts and accomplishments of feminists internationally to make art that reflects women's lives and experiences, as well as to change the foundation for the production and reception of contemporary art. It also sought to bring more visibility to women within art history and art practice. Corresponding with general developments within feminism, and often including such self-organizing tactics as the consciousness-raising group, the movement began in the late 1960s and flourished throughout the 1970s as an outgrowth of the so-called second wave of feminism; its effects continue to the present"

-Wikipedia

I like how feminism stands up for the rights of women, race or sexual orientation. But I think that people have taken some of the ideas of feminism and twisted it, there are a lot of feminist stereotypes but not all of them are true.

Feminist art is still not as well known as other art types but they are paving their way with the help of groups like the gorilla girls, who are a group of unknown women who go by the names of other feminist artist. They put a humorous spin on the feminist stereotypes.

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I did not like this photo, kingdom, at all, it seems to me like he's trying to be sort-of grunge and "druggie" but it feels too staged, everything around him is placed, and new looking. I’m not sure why, I just really don’t agree with this photo.




I really adore this photo, the focus is the eyes and they are really lovely to look at, I love the carefully balanced whites and the hair is a wonderful colour and cut, all together lovely photo.

AWM - War Photography

Photography captures the stills of war; it can freeze and hold that one moment of conflict. One of the 1st war photographers was Roger Fenton, he took still images of the Crimean war, which was difficult with the bulky technology of the time, they could still not yet take moving objects with cameras.

Photography is a more realistic take on war, I believe because it’s taken at the time, unlike a painting or drawing.


We have advanced in the technology of cameras which means that more and more images are being taken, we have more understanding of the destruction of war, cameras are becoming very portable, even the use of iPhones has changed how we view war.

Things also like aerial photography; we can get a better view, different angles.

American Abstract Expressionism.

American Abstract Expressionism, born as a post WWII art movement in New York, it has been said that Abstract Expressionism is what made New York one of the main art center next to Paris.

To make things clear, American abstract art is a league all of its own, it was America’s way of showing the world how "fantastic" and "powerful" it was, it was America being a show off and sticking it in the world’s face that it is a force of freedom.

Whilst the war was on a lot of European artist and teachers of art fled to America to flee the Nazi strangle hold. They worked their way into the American culture and the American student developed their teachings.

It was a utopian time for art in New York, it created artist like Andy Warhol, and Jackson Pollock. Two of America’s favorite artists


Honestly, I dislike them both, Andy was vague and Jackson thought he was too big for his shoes, I love abstract art, I just find American abstract art too self rightious, to show-y, too up its self.