We read an excerpt from a guerrilla girls book for english class. I completely agree that there should be more diversity of artists featured in art museums. Next time I get to go to the High Museum, I will definitely be more aware of the kinds of artists they feature in their exhibits.
What I really want to talk about in this blog post, however, is one fact from the video of the guerrilla girls' lecture and presentation that we watched in class. They said that the first year they counted the number of female artists featured in museums, only 5% of the artists featured were female, but 85% of nude paintings were of women.
Nude paintings of women used to symbolize the ultimate form of beauty. However, it saddens me that women today see the skinny models in fashion shows as the "ultimate beauty." A lot of girls will do anything to try to be skinny and beautiful like fashion models, but they never want to look like the beautiful women in paintings. A lot of girls would even see a nude painting, and think that the woman in the painting is fat. Society's perception of beauty has changed dramatically, and I consider it to be a change for the worse.
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