DIGITAL STUDIO: ART WITHOUT BORDERS - MARTHA ROSLER
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"Cleaning the Drapes" - Martha Rosler 1967-1972
The piece to the left is "Cleaning the Drapes" by Martha Rosler. This pieces shows an American women cleaning the drapes, while she is doing this it shows the outside world. The outside world is an image of Vietnamese citizens maimed in the war. This pieces shows how United States Military was intervening in Vietnam. The image of Vietnamese citizens was retrieved from a Life Magazine. This is one of her most know works of art. Another notable piece of hers is Semiotics of the Kitchen, in this pieces she goes thru the alphabet and for each letter she has a kitchen utensil. Thought the alphabet she gets more violent. Each of these pieces are a work of art in different way.
"WITHOUT BORDERS"
In this class we have been shown how artist can take advantage of world "without boarders." One of the ways that artist can take advantage of this is by using the internet. The internet can be accessed around the world by many different people. This knocks down the boarder of art not being accessible based on location. Although Rosler did not use the internet very often in her art, the internet has spread her art to new places. On the internet you can simple look up her name and find many if not all of her art work. In addition to that we are still able to view her video "Semiotics of the Kitchen." Without the internet we might now have been able to see the video. Generations after us will also we be able to view her art and learn about what was happening at the time of her making the piece and what the it means. Without these borders Rosler has the advantage of her art being able to be viewed for many years to come.
Like Martha Rosler I created this image by combining two images. In this piece the women in looking above the protest outside. The protest outside is protesting police brutality which in the past few years has sadly been very prevalent. The women is looking above the protest because she chooses not to acknowledge the wrong doing of the police. She chooses not to see they can do any wrong by looking above it.
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