Week 9 : Gendering the image
Trying to decipher the gender of an artist simply by looking at the artwork they've created is a difficult task. Gender norms can usually be ruled out when it comes to the overall style of an artists portfolio and if their gender affects their artwork.
Anything that's overly feminine in any kind of artwork is usually automatically assumed to have been created by a woman and vice versa regarding men. Although, this isn't true in the majority of the time.
A good example of this would be the works of Mark Ryden, a male 'low brow' 'hi-fructose' artist whose artwork can be seen as quite childlike and feminine at first. His paintings often have dark, strange themes hidden under the guise of sweet, childlike innocence.
Mark Ryden's Katy Perry painting.
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