"The problem lies not so much with the feminists' concept of what femininity is, but rather with their misconception-shared with the public at large-of what art is: with the naïve idea that art is the direct, personal expression of individual emotional experience, a translation of personal life into visual terms." ... "The language of art is, more materially, embodied in paint and line on canvas or paper, in stone or clay or plastic or metal-it is neither a sob-story nor a confidential whisper."
1971: WHY HAVE THERE BEEN NO GREAT WOMEN ARTISTS?
Linda Nocklin,
POSTED 05/30/15 4:00 PM Art News
But here are Family Stories introspective, narrative, personal stories told through image, word, and gesture. Is it great art? Maybe not, but it speaks to this
artist. By manipulating the stories into visuals, details change; stories grow stronger and more true.
Some sculptures here are bodies with words, some are 'pages,' some are simply figures. Brody's first book in 1997 told the stories of her generations in a familiar book-like sculpture. She continues to combine figures and words illuminating relationships just as she combines figures in gestural illustrations of relationships.
Brody teaches clay to students of all ages in the New York City Schools and in schools throughout Westchester County. Her horizons are continually stretched by the students and by her work at a contemporary art museum.
Brody graduated from Reed College and the Portland (OR) Museum Art School in sculpture.
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