ARTH 338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jenny Saville, Capitoline Venus, Grotesque Body
14 Sep 2016
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Russo"s de nition of the classical and grotesque body vs. schneeman and sherman calling attention to the own grotesque body. Russo argues that sherman"s lm stills (sherman is embodying feminine stereotypes) is closely linked with the female grotesque, in an implicit way. Sherman"s literalization of the relationship between the female and bodily abjection is to imply the uncanny resemblance between the female and the grotesque. Mulvey & russo argue that sherman"s work [earlier fashion photographs] these performances are implying/ hinting at the female body and the grotesque. The clothed body in sherman"s photographs signi es the hidden abject/ grotesque underneath the clothing clothing as a signi er of gender that can be taken off and put on. Implying the instability of gender [judith butler] gender as performative . In relation to each other, these works are closely related. Classical as transcendent, monumental, closed, static, self-contained, symmetrical and sleek. Grotesque as open, protruding, irregular, secreting, multiple and changing.
