Passiveness: In western oil paintings, nakedness is a sign of submission and not of active sexual love. Often looks and body posture is directed towards the spectator and is addressing his sexuality and not her sexuality. Same with body hair (represent power…). They are there to feed an appetite not to have one on their own. Being available and waiting for somebody. Most female nudes in Western art history have been lined-up by their painters for the pleasure of the male spectator/owner who will assess and judge them as sights. Nude an awareness of being seen by the spectator. Naked and shame - Shame towards to spectator: that the one who shames them. A nude has to be seen as an object in order to be nude.” To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognised for oneself. The nude is a form of art.” John Berger: “To be naked is to be oneself.
Kenneth Clark: “Being naked is being without clothes. The nude in European painting convey some conventions in the way women were judged, in how they were seen (in society run by men). Berger examines these paintings and asks whether they celebrate women as they really are or only as men would like them to be. Women dream of themselves being dreamed on.” The portrayal of the female nude is an important part of the tradition of European art. Notes on Episode 2: the portrayal of the female nude “Men dream of women. Cultural Diversity calls for equity (2017).About the Studio for Visual Pop.Culture.The Context: The Black Panther Party Playlist.
The Context: The sampled history of the Black Panther Party – 1972/1982.The Context: The sampled history of the Black Panther Party – 1971.The Context: The sampled history of the Black Panther Party – 1970.The Context: The sampled history of the Black Panther Party – 1969.The Context: The sampled history of the Black Panther Party – 1968.The Context: The sampled history of the Black Panther Party – 1966/1967.The Original: Jailbird in a Peacock Chair.The Remix: The Legacy of a Panther in our pop.cultural imagination.Timeline of appropriations of Huey in a Rattan Chair.Ongoing Research #2: Remix in Visual Culture.