Afrikalı Amerikalı Kadın Deneyimini Yeniden Anlatmak:Mickalene Thomas ve Tschabalala Self’in Çağdaş Görsel SanatlardakiYaratımlarını Keşfetmek
Anahtar Kelimeler:
Çağdaş görsel sanatlar, Mickalene Thomas, siyah kadın bedeni, Tschabalala Self, tarihsel revizyon, öz temsilÖz
İki çağdaş Afrikalı Amerikalı sanatçı olan Mickalene Thomas ve
Tschabalala Self’in sanatsal pratiklerine odaklanan bu makale, görsel
sanatlarda Siyah kadın bedeninin yeniden tanımlanması ve yeniden
anlatılmasını ele alır. Sanatçıların, alışılagelmiş yıkıcı stereotiplerden
uzakta, siyah kadın bedeni için karşı-anlatılar yaratmak amacıyla kadınsı
çıplak ya da uzanmış figürler gibi Batılı sanatsal gelenekleri yeniden ele
almak için geliştirdikleri stratejileri analiz etmektedir. Bu makale, bu
kadın sanatçıların kendi övgü dolu ve oyunbaz imgelerini inşa etmek ve
siyah modern kadınların onurlu tasvirlerini sunmak için övgü ve pastiş
arasında gidip gelen farklı kültürel mirasları geri aldıklarını gösterecektir.
Ayrıca Mickalene Thomas ve Tschabalala Self’in resim, tekstil çalışmaları
ve kamusal sanat projelerini bir araya getiren eserlerinin kapsamı da
incelenecektir.
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