Just a pair of eyes, walking through the world unseen
October 1, 2018 4:36 PM Subscribe
"I have always wanted to be just a pair of eyes, walking through the world unseen, only to be able to see others.”
In 1933 the artist Jeanne Mammen was labelled a degenerate.
She was a chronicler of life in Berlin between the wars, her portrayal of lesbians was ground-breaking, often portraying women simply enjoying the company of other women. A little bit more and a pdf.
In 1933 the artist Jeanne Mammen was labelled a degenerate.
She was a chronicler of life in Berlin between the wars, her portrayal of lesbians was ground-breaking, often portraying women simply enjoying the company of other women. A little bit more and a pdf.
There are so many stories behind those drawings. Delightful!
posted by capricorn at 5:09 PM on October 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by capricorn at 5:09 PM on October 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
...just a pair of eyes, walking through the world unseen, only to be able to see others
A total tangent, but I've heard that this a delightful aspect of wearing a niqab.
posted by heatherlogan at 5:20 PM on October 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
A total tangent, but I've heard that this a delightful aspect of wearing a niqab.
posted by heatherlogan at 5:20 PM on October 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
...just a pair of eyes, walking through the world unseen, only to be able to see others
In the Mideast perhaps but walking anywhere in the west in a Niqab is nothing like walking through the world unseen.
posted by Fupped Duck at 6:23 PM on October 1, 2018 [4 favorites]
In the Mideast perhaps but walking anywhere in the west in a Niqab is nothing like walking through the world unseen.
posted by Fupped Duck at 6:23 PM on October 1, 2018 [4 favorites]
I was surprised the read she lived through Nazism and the war.
posted by AJScease at 7:05 PM on October 1, 2018
posted by AJScease at 7:05 PM on October 1, 2018
I have fallen in love. My teenage years were full of my dad's Deco books but I am not certain I have ever loved an artist like I love this. Thank you!
posted by gusandrews at 8:37 PM on October 1, 2018 [6 favorites]
posted by gusandrews at 8:37 PM on October 1, 2018 [6 favorites]
Beautiful.
The German cultural landscape still bears a void left by the attempted eradication of Mammen and her contemporaries. I wish artists like her were more conspicuous in Germany instead being blips on the edge of the radar.
posted by chillmost at 3:01 AM on October 2, 2018 [3 favorites]
The German cultural landscape still bears a void left by the attempted eradication of Mammen and her contemporaries. I wish artists like her were more conspicuous in Germany instead being blips on the edge of the radar.
posted by chillmost at 3:01 AM on October 2, 2018 [3 favorites]
When the Nazis banned her work – on the grounds that it was “too Jewish”, Mammen stopped exhibiting, earning money from selling used books from a handcart.
Although friends offered to help her flee, she always doggedly refused to leave her Ku’damm home, opting for “inner exile” instead. Here, she worked by candlelight even after her building was bombed and the neighbourhood lay in ruins, gathering wires and other debris to make relief sculptures. She would remain at the same address until the very end, leading a secluded life after she decided to retire from the art world in the 1950s, yet never giving up painting.
posted by adamvasco at 10:51 AM on October 2, 2018 [3 favorites]
Although friends offered to help her flee, she always doggedly refused to leave her Ku’damm home, opting for “inner exile” instead. Here, she worked by candlelight even after her building was bombed and the neighbourhood lay in ruins, gathering wires and other debris to make relief sculptures. She would remain at the same address until the very end, leading a secluded life after she decided to retire from the art world in the 1950s, yet never giving up painting.
posted by adamvasco at 10:51 AM on October 2, 2018 [3 favorites]
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