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Studies in The Nude (Mickalene Thomas (questions the consumption part of…
Studies in The Nude
Mickalene Thomas
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brings blackness to the foreground; unsubordinating blackness (tool for the gaze, fades into the background) contrasting backgrounds
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What's the problem with "the nude" (re: Berger, Meyers)?
women being naked for male pleasure (but let's keep innocence/sexual double bind/double standard); it secures sex as a male right. The double tension of sexy versus innocent
"naked is to be oneself; nude is to be seen naked by others, and yet not recognized as oneself" (Berger reference)
where do our gazes go, she can't gaze back, her body is hyper-stylized; is this reflective of a "real" body. you're not yourself.
if you're to be in the nude, you need to be presentable/ideal for other people
the nude has shifted forms into adverts, social media, and ones' own body image/body schema
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Saville
size, energy, textures and the feel of a body
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