FEATURES
LISA FOGARTY
Self-taught artist with a childhood obsession with comic book girls. A woman painting women - using the female gaze to create new archetypes. Exploring themes like mental health, trauma and beauty.
IHAM
GALLERY
PARIS,
FRANCE
GROUP SHOW
26-30 JULY 2023
Lisas work has been shown in New York, Milan, Tokyo, Amsterdam, London, San Fransisco, Lagos, Melbourne, Paris and Ghent.
WHAT IS
THE FEMALE GAZE?
In contemporary usage, the female gaze is used to refer to the perspective of the female viewer which is different from a male view of the subject. You might see a pinup style woman but she is painted from a woman’s perspective with the intention to empower the female viewer.
"This perspective, intrinsically different from the male viewpoint, empowers the female viewer, urging her to find her voice and strength. It’s a modern-day tale of metamorphosis: from pin-up models to embodiments of empowerment."
Crafting Feminine Power Through Brush Strokes
Redlion Gazette, October 2023
CONTACT INFO
You can always reach to me on socials or send an email to lisakerstinfogarty@gmail.com
WHAT ARE
FEMININE ARCHETYPES?
In the collective subconscious, our shared mental idea of women, we find classic archetypes like the damsel in distress (The Maiden) and the powerful matriarch (The Queen).
These ideas, also called archetypes, are shared across cultures and time establishing them as the default boxes that we sort women into.
It's the Spice Girl you assign someone to be and how women are portrayed in religion and mythology.
PROCESS, INSPIRATION AND MEDIUM
Lisa works in a mix of mediums, both digital and physical but often uses old womens magazines as the base for her creations and inspiration.
Having a background in social work there are often subtle nods to concepts like attachment theory and the collective unconscious (archetypes).
There is an attempt to give the women agency and make them subject, not objects.
