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Patti Smith addresses gender but in a very subtle way. Living in an age where androgynous artists have become commonplace, it’s hard to…
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Among the many contemporary artists that emerged out of the 1960’s, perhaps the one that ventured the farthest into gender and identity is Robert Mapplethorpe….
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In the beginning of Robert Mapplethorpe’s artistic career, he struggled in finding who he really was as a person, as a man, and as…
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Did Robert Mapplethorpe explore his gender or identity in his artwork? And how? The answer to the first question is definitely yes. Robert, according to…
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Gender Identity is a person’s private sense about his or her identity. Although we are given an ascribed gender at birth based on our…
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Patti Smith once said, “I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I’m writing a poem or drawing, I’m not a female; I’m an…
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In “Just Kids” Patti Smith struggles to find her place in the art world. She experiments with different forms of art,…
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