Women Can't Paint

Name: Women Can't Paint
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Gender, the Glass Ceiling and Values in Contemporary Art

By Helen Gørrill

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In Women Can't Paint, Helen Gørrill addresses the pervasive gender bias in the art world, revealing how men's paintings are valued far more highly than women's despite minimal aesthetic differences. Through a groundbreaking examination of gender and value, Gørrill exposes how masculine power shapes the art market and institutions, including museums that perpetuate tokenism. This essential study challenges existing methodologies and highlights the cultural, social, and economic costs women artists face, urging for change in the spirit of the 'Me Too' movement.
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Ideal for students, educators, and readers interested in contemporary arts, gender studies, and cultural critique.

"The first book to analyse art and value from within the field, specifically with a gender focus, Women Can't Paint calls for the artworld to acknowledge and address the prevalent discrimination in all forms of artistic currency"--

The first book to analyse art and value from within the field, specifically with a gender focus, Women Can't Paint calls for the artworld to acknowledge and address the prevalent discrimination in all forms of artistic currency.

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In 2013, Georg Baselitz declared that ‘women don’t paint very well’. Whilst shocking, his comments reveal what Helen Gørrill argues is prolific discrimination in the art world. In a groundbreaking study of gender and value, Gørrill proves that there are few aesthetic differences in men and women’s painting, but that men’s art is valued at up to 80 per cent more than women’s. Indeed, the power of masculinity is such that when men sign their work it goes up in value, yet when women sign their work it goes down. Museums, the author attests, are also complicit in this vicious cycle as they collect tokenist female artwork which impinges upon its artists’ market value.

An essential text for students and teachers, Gørrill’s book is provocative and challenges existing methodologies whilst introducing shocking evidence. She proves how the price of being a woman impacts upon all forms of artistic currency, be it social, cultural, or economic. In the vanguard of the ‘Me Too’ movement, Women Can't Paint calls for the art world to take action.

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A detailed analysis of how women are sidelined in the art world – and how they can fight back. A sound exposé of the systematic vilification of art by women. Times Higher Education

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781501359033

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 February 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 620g

Pages: 296

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Helen Gørrill Non-Fiction

About the Author

Helen Gørrill holds a PhD in the gendered economic and symbolic values in contemporary painting. She is an artist, academic and author, lecturing in visual culture and (in)equalities.