Friday, August 5, 2011

Women artists also employ the female model in the role of St. Sebastian. They are, without apology, feminist reactions and contain all the matters of content that other examples exhibit. Around mid-century the famed Mexican artist Frieda Kahlo presents a self-portrait as the martyr saint in her Broken Column (St Sebastian) (1944) (See: Figure 276). Other women uses the self portrait as a vehicle for St. Sebastian--e.g., Caroline Fischer Siegried (2004) (See: Figure 277); and Gaela Erwin's (2000) Self-portraits as St.Sebastian (See: Figure 278). During and after the 1990s, women artists utilize the female form as representative of the martyr saint--e.g., the Mantegna-like Woman as St. Sebastian by an Anonymous artist (1990) (See: Figure 279); Karen Heagle portrait of Asia Argento as St Sebastian (See: Figure 280); and Michele Marangoni's (2007) androgynous St. Sebastiana (See: Figure 281) in which the arrows have been exchanged for knitting needles.


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