"The Lady and the Tramp: Images of Women in Austrian & German Art" Exhibition
Galerie St. Etienne
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"The Lady and the Tramp," the first exhibition to explore how changing gender roles shaped Austrian and German art, examines over 60 images of women produced by male and female artists in the first decades of the 20th century. The exhibition demonstrates how the age-old paradigms of the “Madonna” and the “whore” were used to enforce traditional gender roles at a time when women were beginning to demand equal rights with men. At the turn of the last century, male artists tended to classify women as either asexual maternal types or evil nymphomaniacs. Female artists struggled with the commonly held belief that motherhood was their only proper calling. By comparing men’s and women’s views of female subjects, "The Lady and the Tramp" offers a powerful, still-relevant commentary on gender stereotypes.
[Image: Erich Heckel "Fränzi, Reclining" (1910) colored woodcut on heavy brown wove paper 23 x 41.6 cm.]
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Schedule
from October 11, 2011 to December 30, 2011