{"id":608,"date":"2009-05-27T15:38:44","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T22:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/05\/in_art_the_women_who_do_it_all\/"},"modified":"2009-05-27T15:38:44","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T22:38:44","slug":"in_art_the_women_who_do_it_all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/05\/in_art_the_women_who_do_it_all.html","title":{"rendered":"In honor of spring, a tribute to the generative principle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randafricanart.com\/Dogon_figure_1.html\">Dogon<\/a> believe that women hold up the sky. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/dogon-7043.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/dogon-7043.html','popup','width=200,height=584,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/dogon-thumb-150x438-7043.jpg\" alt=\"dogon.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"150\" height=\"438\" \/><\/a><\/span>As graces, they also hold up Duke Ellington. (<a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.nycgovparks.org\/sub_things_to_do\/attractions\/public_art\/monuments\/african_american_experience\/images\/duke_ellington.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.nycgovparks.org\/sub_things_to_do\/attractions\/public_art\/monuments\/african_american_experience\/html\/image_3.html&amp;usg=__dmceK8QNqIEwnEaKLpL7i7B8NZQ=&amp;h=440&amp;w=337&amp;sz=23&amp;hl=en&amp;start=1&amp;sig2=_3z47cCsuprNLLQcQyUVdg&amp;tbnid=wMzBcJIahhYUsM:&amp;tbnh=127&amp;tbnw=97&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3DRobert%2BGraham%2BDuke%2BEllington%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG&amp;ei=A8UdSsbrKIXstgPCru2HCQ\">Robert Graham<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/dukeellingtongraham-7046.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/dukeellingtongraham-7046.html','popup','width=337,height=440,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/dukeellingtongraham-thumb-300x391-7046.jpg\" alt=\"dukeellingtongraham.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/span>In mapping, they are the heart of any geography. (<a href=\"http:\/\/jenascott.com\/works.html\">Jena Scott<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/jenascotttit-7049.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/jenascotttit-7049.html','popup','width=440,height=272,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/jenascotttit-thumb-300x185-7049.jpg\" alt=\"jenascotttit.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/span>They are the focal point in a field of flowers. (<a href=\"http:\/\/jenniferzwick.com\/index.php?p=ImSoScared_hello&amp;w=hello\">Jennifer Zwick<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"jenniferzwick(hello).jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/jenniferzwick%28hello%29.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"250\" height=\"379\" \/><\/span>They make the landscape more beautiful. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanna-bluhm.com\/dublinp.htm\">Susanna Bluhm<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/susannabluhm-7053.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/susannabluhm-7053.html','popup','width=500,height=276,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/susannabluhm-thumb-300x165-7053.jpg\" alt=\"susannabluhm.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/span>Even in shadow, they dominate. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rama9art.org\/pinaree\/\">Pinaree Sanpitak<\/a>, suggested by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zackandgalabent.com\/?gala\">Gala Bent<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/pinareesanpitaktit-7071.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/pinareesanpitaktit-7071.html','popup','width=473,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/pinareesanpitaktit-thumb-300x304-7071.jpg\" alt=\"pinareesanpitaktit.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/span>Once you&#8217;re looking for them, you see them everywhere. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennifercampbellphoto.com\/\">Jennifer Campbell<\/a>, suggested by Marianne Wu.)<br \/><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/JenniferCampbellbooblegs-7387.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/JenniferCampbellbooblegs-7387.html','popup','width=400,height=462,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/JenniferCampbellbooblegs-thumb-250x288-7387.jpg\" alt=\"JenniferCampbellbooblegs.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"250\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/span>Carrying that kind of cultural weight makes them ripe targets for the fetishist. (Woody Allen, from <i>All You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex<\/i>, 1972)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/N7loP7OsLZ8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/N7loP7OsLZ8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><br \/><\/object><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dogon believe that women hold up the sky. As graces, they also hold up Duke Ellington. (Robert Graham.) In mapping, they are the heart of any geography. (Jena Scott) They are the focal point in a field of flowers. (Jennifer Zwick) They make the landscape more beautiful. (Susanna Bluhm) Even in shadow, they dominate. 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