Gender violence as aesthetics in European and American visual culture from the 16th to the 21st century

Authors

  • Leticia Balzi Costa Universidad Complutense de Madrid - España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/cg.v0i16.6728

Keywords:

neoliberalism, visual culture, feminism, political aesthetics, art history

Abstract

This research exposes the structure of an objectification pattern regarding the female body which responds to capitalist policies using visual culture and art history as a medium from the 16th to the 21st centuries. From the collection and analysis of the works from artists, art directors, photographers, film directors and video game designers, a visual archive was created in digital format. The archive presents the aesthetic politics within the geographic frame of America and Europe which still trade with race, gender, ethnicity and class. The problem of the dissemination of this type of images within the global market is also mentioned because gender violence is still used as aesthetics.

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Author Biography

Leticia Balzi Costa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid - España

Es una artista argentina radicada en Noruega, donde también trabaja como profesora de arte visual y diseño en Fagerhaug International School. Tiene una maestría en educación artística de la Universidad de Nueva York (NYU - Fulbright 2015-2016) y una maestría en ‘artistic research’ de la Universidad Noruega de Ciencia y Tecnología (NTNU). Ha participado en exposiciones en Noruega, España, Alemania, Estados Unidos y Argentina. Su trabajo examina el las políticas estéticas respecto al cuerpo de las mujeres en la cultura visual occidental neoliberal. Como educadora, utiliza las artes visuales para discutir temas de justicia social. Actualmente, es doctoranda de la Facultad de Bellas Artes en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid donde realiza una investigación sobre el uso de artivismo en escuelas.

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Published

2021-06-29

How to Cite

Balzi Costa, L. (2021) “Gender violence as aesthetics in European and American visual culture from the 16th to the 21st century”, Cuestiones de género: de la igualdad y la diferencia, (16), pp. 12–30. doi: 10.18002/cg.v0i16.6728.