Continuing the thread of my last few posts on 1980s appropriation, I wanted to focus on Sherrie Levine and her 1981 work Untitled (After Edward Weston). But rather than simply reproduce and comment on her work here, I wanted to offer you a series of images that point to and expand on the spirit of […]
Yesterday I discussed the question of ‘Who Speaks for Sappho?’ and Louise Lawler’s work that extends the ‘mansplaining’ ‘of Sappho’s poetry into a general critique of patriarchy. Today let’s take one example of the very literal ‘mansplaining’ of ancient Roman poets – Catullus 51 as a remake of Sappho 31 (here are the translations of […]
In my Classics 2220H: Classical Mythology/Contemporary Art class last week, each of the students delivered presentations that connected their exploration of myths of creation, love and art with individual art works from the exhibition Open This End: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne at the OSU Urban Arts Space here in Columbus. Leaving […]
We had our first discussion about Contemporary Art in my class Classical Mythology/Contemporary Art today and it was on the topic ‘Same as it ever was: Appropriation Art’. As part of the lecture, we looked at Sherrie Levine’s 1990 work La Fortune (after Man Ray): Sherrie Levine, “La Fortune” (After Man Ray: 4), 1990. Felt […]