naamahdarling: dr-harleen-quinzell:charislea: “The paintings for which Kelly Reemtsen is best know
naamahdarling: dr-harleen-quinzell: charislea: “The paintings for which Kelly Reemtsen is best known are elaborate depictions of the role of the modern day woman. Strikingly feminine at first glance, with their figures adorned in fashionable vintage designer dresses and runway-worthy accessories, Reemtsen’s women are not simply pinup girls or arm candy. Rather, the women, while dressed to the nines, undertake household, and often traditionally masculine, tasks. The objects that they hold, from dishrags to wrenches to even chainsaws, range from being domestic to borderline menacing, and yet, as a body of work, answer the question as to the proper role of the contemporary woman. Reemtsen’s answer to that is quite simple – anything!” - De Buck Gallery, NYhttps://www.debuckgallery.com/artists/kelly-reemtsen/ I thought these were all abt murder and violence… I like my way better Same. I really didn’t read this as “traditionally masculine tasks”, I read it as “these women are ready to End You.” But that statement is on her site, too, so…I guess? -- source link