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megan rosalarian gedris: Dressed to Kill
Whenever I complain about how females are portrayed in mainstream superhero comics, inevitably half a dozen people pop up to tell me this:
“Men are idealized in comics, too.”
Yes. Yes they are. I am aware of this. While I think the idealism is harmful, that isn’t actually what I have a problem…
She is hands down my favorite webcomic artist. Not only is she incredibly talented but she is also, as evidenced by this essay, a badass.
Untitled (Perfect Lovers) - Felix Gonzalez-Torres, 1991
From MoMA:
These two identical, adjacent, battery-operated clocks were initially set to the same time, but, with time, they will inevitably fall out of sync. Gonzalez-Torres created this work shortly after his partner, Ross Laycock, was diagnosed with AIDS. By assigning these redundant objects the title“Untitled” (Perfect Lovers), the artist transformed these public, neutral devices used for the measurement of time into personal and poetic meditations on human relationships, mortality, and time’s inevitable flow. Of the light-blue background, Gonzalez-Torres said, “For me if a beautiful memory could have a color that color would be light blue.”
So I totally teared up. There is something so beautiful about this piece and the personal connection this artist has with this work.
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My Little Pop Icon
Artist Mari Kasurinen explores the concepts of beauty and customization using My Little Pony figurines as her blank canvases…more here
