{"id":1217,"date":"2009-10-28T01:02:35","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T08:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/10\/leda_now_still_with_swan\/"},"modified":"2009-10-28T01:02:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T08:02:35","slug":"leda_now_still_with_swan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/10\/leda_now_still_with_swan.html","title":{"rendered":"Leda now, still with swan"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are no facts to transcend in the tale of Leda and the Swan<\/i>. There is only a sea of sliding signifiers. They touch without landing on power, sexual hunger, fertility, violation and cunning. With such a range of meanings in play, why did artists so long lean on the soft porn angle? Beginning in the 20th century, they were less inclined to do so. <\/p>\n

Frank V. Hoffman<\/a> in Chicago envisioned a dance, both parties flaunting their power, image undated but probably from the 1930s.<\/p>\n

\"frankvhoffmanleda.jpg\"<\/p>\n


\nCy Twombly<\/a> found the root of generative force in his Leda<\/i>, from 1961.<\/p>\n

\"cytwomblyleda.jpg\"More abstraction: Monroe Hodder<\/a>, Leda  Meets the Swan and Likes Him<\/i>, 2009<\/p>\n

\"monroehodderleda.jpg\"Satire works. Andy Titcomb<\/a> in the 1990s, designed by Tim Mitchinson.  <\/p>\n

\"andytitcombleda.jpg\"Bob Kessel<\/a> gave Art Deco a militaristic edge, from 2009.
\"bobkesselleda.jpg\"Sidney Nolan<\/a>‘s encounter between the celebrated pair looks like an intellectual salon, undated.
\"sidneynolanleda.jpg\"Michael Spafford<\/a> painted not erotica but tragedy, 1997 and 1996.<\/p>\n

\"michaelspaffordleda.jpg\"\"michaelspaffordleda2.jpg\"Both girl and god are broken and dead in Wim Botha<\/a>‘s sculpture from 2005, made of bonemeal, marble and epoxy resin suspended from the ceiling by bright orange straps. Only shadows comingle.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"wimbothaleda.jpg\"Amy Stein<\/a> is one of the few woman to essay the theme. In her photo, the threat is gone, but uneasiness lingers in the potential victim.<\/p>\n

\"amysteinleda.jpg\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are no facts to transcend in the tale of Leda and the Swan. There is only a sea of sliding signifiers. They touch without landing on power, sexual hunger, fertility, violation and cunning. With such a range of meanings in play, why did artists so long lean on the soft porn angle? Beginning in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}