The Female Gaze at CHEIM & READ

James Kalm endures sweltering heat, and summer ennui to bike to the center of Chelsea for this block buster show. The inequality of female representation within museum collections is an almost endemic refrain. Though not reconciling this state of affairs, The Female Gaze does provide examples of some of todays most influential and accomplished artists work. From stalwarts of Post War American art like Louise Bourgeois, and Joan Mitchell, to the Essential Feminist works of Lynda Benglis, to the Post-Modern Conceptual works of Cindy Sherman, Jenny Holzer and Deborah Kass, this exhibition displays prime examples of reflective works inspired by images of women.

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[Moonsabie]

can't believe your free. thanks much respect

[jameskalm]

Hey Moonsabie,

send cash if it would make you feel better!

JK

[KeithHarperSF]

Great to see all this. Thanks for posting.

[cosg9531]

Good artists are about as rare as black hockey players, whatever their gender.

[Thiago1950]

thanks mr. james for posting de vid

it's a source for reflection on visual arts (and a pleasure too) at least for one like me that's thousand miles far

[ar4216]

Pretty much all these artists are well known and wealthy. Not exactly good choices if they're hoping to address the hardships faced by female artists- because these artists have careers that most artists, male or female, could only dream of.

[fintanob]

men, reform your gaze

[hankx32]

I like the Cindy Sherman photograph at the beginning, comes off ghostly to me. Lacies Heart is very sexy, soft, lustful, i like her work... I like Female Sensibility, I just finished reading PLease Kill Me and I feel a connection there, it also makes me think of Dash Snow although I don't really know too much about him. I like Legs. The Nan Goldin photo you wrap up with is really beautiful, it transports you into the pool room! If I had a gallery, those are the pieces I'd show.

[MrWowforever]

gender specific shows always bug me, as do any groupings of artists based on anything but talent. Black artists, women artists, fat artists. i also don't like outsider artist status either, does that mean i'm an insider? the Pompidou show seems, at the glance i took, just another one. this is tricky territory, sure to offend, but curators should be bolder in dismissing these easy groupings and instead...challenge us with new methodoligies and ways to see the work

[claureic]

OK, but the risk of specifity is political correctness, in other words hypocrisy and, worse, ghettoisation. Check the current show at the Pompidou on their site, I'm curious to know your opinion. Also, Moma is certainly not a mirror of the NYC gallery scene...

[claureic]

Considering the Saltz attempt, I've been following it without joining it for the reasons I expressed. I think it pointless. Besides, the Met's proportion of women artists is less than 1%, whereas Moma's is 7% according to his calculations. I see this as a chronological and statistical progress. Now tell me: does the question "is Krasner better than Pollock?" make any sense? How about "Is Tuymans worse than Dumas?"

[MrWowforever]

political correctness must be squashed and then f***ed. the monochrome is a good place to start over.