Artist Tanya Maheshwari is fighting the male gaze through self-portraits

We live in times of strange contradictions. Even as means and mediums of artistic expression are burgeoning in numbers, artists everywhere are being compelled to school themselves to more painfully constricting guidelines on rectitude. A new breed of artists though is dodging it all—and bravely so. They are the ones taking Instagram by storm as they showcase bold… Continue reading Artist Tanya Maheshwari is fighting the male gaze through self-portraits

“Maybe she’s about to die”

Spanish artist Yolanda Dominguez has lampooned fashion’s representation of women in the past too, but this time she takes aim using the Internet’s most potent weapon: cuteness. In this video, she captures children’s reactions to the print campaigns of various brands like Alexander Wang, Balmain, Miu Miu and Hugo Boss, besides one or two magazine… Continue reading “Maybe she’s about to die”

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