Female Gable Figure :: Essays Papers

Female Gable encounterFemale Gable Figure (Dilukai), 19th- early 20th century Belauan Wood, paint, Kaolin (Chinese Clay) The percentage of work I selected caught my attention as soon as I set look on it. It is Female Gable Figure (Dilukai) a 25 2/3-inch high wooden figure of a nude char with her legs straddled. The piece seemed to be really crudely done. It appeared to be chiseled, very abstracted and very unrealistic. Her hair appears to be in a bun, her face has no expression. The implements of war that lead down to her knees and upper torso look detachable. The breasts are triangular and the left breast is lopsided. There is also an additional piece of wood around the lower part of the left arm. The legs are apart and the low half of the leg in a lamentableer color. The womans overt genitals are represented by a large dark colored triangle. The artist carved the womans vagina in graphic detail leading me to believe this forge was used for some intimate purpos e. The figure appears on a wall in the museum however, due to the line of the piece I imagine this piece would have been mounted over the door of a building. I had two reactions to this piece. When I first apothegm this piece, it got me upset. Upset in that I did not believe someone would actually look at a woman and think that a sculpture like this one would be a good idea. I directly theory this artist has no respect for women or a womans body. Then I found it somewhat funny and juiceless that although I found this piece upsetting it was one of the few pieces that caught my attention. I found myself wanting to know more about this piece and the argue behind its existence. Thus making it the piece, I would write this paper on. My reaction to this piece came from my thinking that whoever did this sculpture must not have thought very highly of the woman this piece is representing.