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| Ana Mendieta, Facial Hair Transplants, 1972. |
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| Mayra Rodriguez, Facial Hair Transplants, 2021 |
Ways of seeing by John Berger
“To be born a woman has been to be born, within an allotted and confined space, into the keeping of men. The presence of women has developed as a result of their ingenuity in living under such tutelage within such a limited space. But this has been at the cost of a woman's self being split into two. A woman must continually watch herself.” (chapter 3, pg. 46)
“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, you put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting Vanity, thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for your own pleasure” (chapter 3, pg. 51)
The Photographed, Collaged, and Painted Muses of Mickalene Thomas
“By portraying real women with their own unique history, beauty and background, I’m working to diversify the representations of black women in art.”
“Hyperfeminized and hyperpowerful, in disco-era fashions, some women lounge odalisque-like on couches, while others in modelesque poses stare directly at the camera.”
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