Identifying Instances of visual patterns of gender representations in Plastic Art works of Gilanian Contemporary Artists

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Art Research Department, Faculty of Art, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Art Research Department, Faculty of Arts, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22051/jjh.2024.46782.2145

Abstract

According to the social, cultural and political changes that have occurred in recent years and the emergence of social art, contemporary art is considered a type of social and feminist actions of the society. The present study deals with the recognition and analysis of selected works of Gilani artists, which in a way reflect feminist approaches, and tries to answer the question that, according to Goffman's point of view, the examples of visual patterns of gender representations reflected in the works of artists What are Gilani's contemporaries and what is the frequency of each one? The aim of the current research is to identify examples of the reflection of the feminist approach as a social approach in the works of Gilani artists. The necessity of conducting research is that knowing the actions of contemporary native artists can produce the necessary knowledge about how native artists interact and act with their society. The research method was conducted from the perspective of the fundamental goal and from the nature of the qualitative content analysis method and is a subset of feminist research. The data collection method in this research is a combination of library and field methods. The results of the research show that based on Erving Goffman's performance theory, the patterns of: ritualization of obedience, relative size, work ranking and symbolic space, touching, acceptable withdrawal can be recognized in the studied works. Ritualization of subordination pattern with about 35% has the highest frequency in the works of Gilani contemporary artists. Acceptable withdrawal pattern with 29% and touchy show pattern with 15% are ranked second and third in frequency. The rest of the patterns, with 4 to 7 percent frequency, are in the next categories of the frequency distribution table.

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Glory of Art (Jelve-y Honar) Alzahra Scientific Quarterly Journal

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 15 June 2024

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