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Alternative art challenges masculine traditions

A new artwork satirises modernist art norms, such as action painting and the grid, with overtly feminine practices.

3 Sep 2014

Annie Blatchford

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The Weight of Painting by Lauren McCartney. Image: supplied.

Artist Lauren McCartney challenges male-dominated art traditions in her work Weight of Painting to be displayed at Paper Mountain in Northbridge, Perth.

McCartney injects femininity into the masculine and bold art form of ‘action painting’ made famous by the likes of Jackson Pollock, William de Kooning and Franz Kline.

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Annie Blatchford

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Annie Blatchford is a research assistant and PhD candidate in media law at the University of Melbourne.

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