I would have to agree with Deborah, below, I also always think of female when I hear the occupation artist and I don’t know why, because it is very true that in school we only studied male artists. I can name many male artists in history that are believed to be the greatest of all time, but I can’t really say I know of one truly famed female artist in history and yet I know there must have been some. So when I ask myself where are all the female artists I begin to think about Shakespeare’s sister in the Virginia Woolf’s piece we read. There must have been plenty of women who had artistic talent in history and yet they were unable to express themselves because society created a world where having that talent was not proper. This is very frustrating for me to think about because this would mean there is so much wasted talent in the world that no one will ever get to experience or discuss.
Posted by Erin Ruane at December 2, 2005 11:41 AM