Sierra Kohler
Appropriating of Heroic Rape Imagery
acrylic on stretched lace
2012
The re-purposing of heroic rape imagery found in art history, such as Rape of the Sabine Woman and the Rape of Europa, that portray rape as an act of valor, triumph, and romance to imagery of the horror and trauma that rape educes.
Sierra Kohler
Appropriating of Heroic Rape Imagery
acrylic on stretched lace
2012
The re-purposing of heroic rape imagery found in art history, such as Rape of the Sabine Woman and the Rape of Europa, that portray rape as an act of valor, triumph, and romance to imagery of the horror and trauma that rape educes.
Tags: rape, trigger warning, tw, heroic rape imagery, Art, Artists on Tumblr, art history, history, herstory, acrylic, paint, painting, sierra kohler, Sierra Kohler, Cornish College of the Arts, cornish, feminism, feminist, rape culture,
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Wonderful piece of art, but you might want to leave out the examples, because rape in the case of the Sabine Women is a...
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A work from one of the artists included in my book! We are up to $860 of the $7200 total goal!
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