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Fabulous felines: why female artists love stroking, painting and spoiling cats
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/10/fabulous-felines-female-artists-cats-tracey-emin
"It’s no surprise that cats appear so frequently in paintings: artists tend to love them, maybe because they are so defiant and independent."
"Centuries after the witch-hunts, the love that women – particularly childless women – have for cats is mocked and stigmatised to this day. That is why I take such delight in the photographs of Brooke Hummer, who asked various cat women to pose in the style of historical paintings, their styles ranging from 19th-century colonial to surrealist. These funny, celebratory images subvert the shaming stereotype of the cat lady. My favourite is a pastiche of a medieval painting of the Madonna and child, but instead of a baby, the Virgin Mary holds a tabby cat. Laugh if you like, she appears to be saying, but cat love is real love."
#Caturday #CatArt #WomensArt #WomensCreativity
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/10/fabulous-felines-female-artists-cats-tracey-emin
"It’s no surprise that cats appear so frequently in paintings: artists tend to love them, maybe because they are so defiant and independent."
"Centuries after the witch-hunts, the love that women – particularly childless women – have for cats is mocked and stigmatised to this day. That is why I take such delight in the photographs of Brooke Hummer, who asked various cat women to pose in the style of historical paintings, their styles ranging from 19th-century colonial to surrealist. These funny, celebratory images subvert the shaming stereotype of the cat lady. My favourite is a pastiche of a medieval painting of the Madonna and child, but instead of a baby, the Virgin Mary holds a tabby cat. Laugh if you like, she appears to be saying, but cat love is real love."
#Caturday #CatArt #WomensArt #WomensCreativity