M Wollstonecraft: Statues of Women

Lisnaholic · 11-11-2020, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

I'd never heard of her until I saw this thread.

But I've certainly heard of her husband William Godwin, her second daughter Mary Shelley, and Mary's husband Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Thanks for colouring in a bit of historical background, Psy-Fi.

The more I think about this statue, the more it bugs me. Not relinquishing the criticisms I've already made, I also take issue with the abstract, Quatermass blob that Barbie is rising out of.

A memorial will frequently evoke the time that the hero(ine) lived in, although most artists today would probably steer clear of an exact historical recreation. But Barbie-on-a-Blob just has no connection to MW, her times or even the aesthetics of her time. At every level it seems to disregard rather than honour or evoke MW.

In short, to quote Neil Young, it's a piece of crap. The artist might as well have put up a statue of two dogs fu cking in a spaceship for all the relevence it has to MW.

**Frownland** · 11-11-2020, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

A memorial will frequently evoke the time that the hero(ine) lived in, although most artists today would probably steer clear of an exact historical recreation. But Barbie-on-a-Blob just has no connection to MW, her times or even the aesthetics of her time. At every level it seems to disregard rather than honour or evoke MW.

The "blob" looks like a mass of people struggling to escape from a membrane with the woman (a barbie, apparently) finally being able to escape at the top, which is a good representation of Wollenstonecraft's legacy of helping women escape oppression and achieve equal rights imo. Could've been done better but I think that the artist's intentions were sound.

**Marie Monday** · 11-11-2020, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Thanks for colouring in a bit of historical background, Psy-Fi.

The more I think about this statue, the more it bugs me. Not relinquishing the criticisms I've already made, I also take issue with the abstract, Quatermass blob that Barbie is rising out of.

A memorial will frequently evoke the time that the hero(ine) lived in, although most artists today would probably steer clear of an exact historical recreation. But Barbie-on-a-Blob just has no connection to MW, her times or even the aesthetics of her time. At every level it seems to disregard rather than honour or evoke MW.

In short, to quote Neil Young, it's a piece of crap. The artist might as well have put up a statue of two dogs fu cking in a spaceship for all the relevence it has to MW.

Totally. I don't take strong offence but I definitely think it's just ugly and the design is pointless

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