Week 5 Apply and Reflect

This week, we looked into the evolution and future of women artists. What once was a nearly impossible field for women to be considered serious artists, became a place where women were welcomed and accepted.
Luo Li Rong, Éclosion

Luo Li Rong Éclosion, 2019
One of my favorite female artists is Luo Li Rong. She is a Chinese artist who creates gorgeous sculptures made of bronze and has even been featured n the 2008 Olympics(Luo Li Rong: Buy Original Art Online). I chose to feature her art here, not only due to her unique inspiration from renaissance artists, but because many of her pieces are mistaken for a mans work. This is namely due to their inspiration from renaissance artists and the large scale of these pieces. Many of her art works are life sized models of women and it surprises people to learn that the work was created by a woman. The artwork is very serene and graceful, with the poses the women make being very bold, assertive, or free. Many of the sculptures also look like they are covered in cloth, perhaps a metaphor for how women are viewed? Its interesting how inspiration from the past can become a misunderstanding in the present.

Luo Li Rong: Buy Original Art Online. Retrieved September 26, 2020, from https://www.artsper.com/en/contemporary-artists/belgium/9565/luo-li-rong

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  1. RussellSeptember 26, 2020 at 12:46 PM

    I think it's fantastic that you have chosen a Chinese artist whose art is not falling into any stereotypical roles. I had to look up her work and a lot of the sculptures of women in flowing dresses reminded me of the Rolls Royce "The Spirit of Ecstacy' hood ornaments, which were first made in 1909 at the tail end of the Art Nouveau period (1890 - 1910), others reminded me of French Art nouveau posters of women advertising some unheard of brand of absinthe or a back alley dance hall, but then some critics could argue that a lot of the inspiration for Art Nouveau was taken from the Italian Renaissance.

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