T.S. Abe
April 7, 2010
Um, this girl’s surreal pencil drawings are pretty amazing.
Sweet Thing, Mother of Jesus
April 2, 2010
Sweet Thing, Mother of Jesus, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Oil on Canvas, 2010
Throughout history there has been a forced duality on women’s sexuality: saintly, sexlessness or, over-sexed harlot. Women are still having their sexuality judged as either prudish or whorish. This painting is my expression of that dualism. I chose to present the woman figure as “Mother Mary” because the deification of a woman dehumanizes her just much as the demonization of a woman – like, “Sweet Thing”, the prostitute character in Nina Simone’s “Four Women”. Women should be perceived as human, not saints or whores.
Aunt Jemima Can Do It
April 2, 2010
Close up
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, oil on canvas, 2010
