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The flat canvas, the resolution of perspective, abstraction and then digital art...
I remember reading art theory about artists wrestling with the problem of a flat canvas, and how best to represent reality, conceptually or literally. The creative problems artists try to resolve today are more photographic, synthetic or cinematic. Similarly, Facebook and similar "live" web applications allow all users to be artists and wrestle with the problem of a flat canvas and a flat personality, a la the Romantic view of an artist. Indeed the fascination with fame, or recognition via technological devices, doesn't only reveal the demise of the ruling classes (in conventional forms) it also brings with it the difficulties that artists have always faced; anonymity and isolation. Indeed,we all have to say "who the f*ck are you?" And, consequently, "who am I?"

The idea behind Western, societal functioning is that women and femininity heal its problems, while men and masculinity "do" and "does". Feminism is inoperable in Western society, because the feminine is valueless until healing or nurturing is required, and then it takes second place to support objectivity and pragmatism. However, this suppression of the value of women and feminity leads to a state of "female worship", where men overly respect women in situations that are deemed "feminine". This state is an attempt to counter the devaluing of women and femininity. The word "goddess" frequently applied to attractive women and the representations of women in the media can exhault women to the status of a deity or quaisi-deity. The arts are "female-friendly" and "femininity-friendly", calling on "feminine" attributes such as intuition, healing, emotion, common-sense and beauty. On a more societal scale, the West cries out for a more holistic approach to both intellectual and practical issues, balancing subjectivity with objectivity, reason with intuition, doing with reflection and compassion with competition. Indeed, both sexes are capable of the above, to varying degrees, therefore women are not the answer to the problems of the West, but a greater respect of femininity. This, of course, would lead to a greater respect for women, rather than political correctness that props up the status quo and deflects the publics attention from the real issues that we face.

Simon

Taken on: June 12, 2010

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