Zoe Mozert is a favorite pin-up artist, and the art below is one of my top favorites of hers. It seems wholesome, healthy AND sexy—placing this woman on a pedestal where some women rightly belong (though I'm sure that's a sexist statement, and I mean it in the sense that I adore women in general).
Zoe Mozert
In its original sense, the word “vulgar” certainly would include that which lacks art. And there is an awful lot of pin-up work that is lacking art, even in cases where it exhibits a high degree of technical proficiency.
ReplyDeleteFor my part, I especially loathe the work that presents women in situations of victimization (whether it be by human agency or by circumstance). I suspect that you share that loathing.
I knew nothing about Zoe Mozert years ago, when I got my first print of one of her works.
(Tangent: Many people think that the dog is sleepy, but dogs signal peaceful coëxistence with that sort of yawn.)
Daniel, I certainly enjoy your brand of discourse.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, you are correct in your suspicion.
readin Daniels comment instantly made the name Sorayama come to mind. As Frazetta said "taste is what seperates the men from the boys"
ReplyDeleteno doubt there is a LOT of tasteless pin up "art" out there (there is also much tasteless everything else out there) but one must often sift through some dreck to find the good stuff.
that's a nice piece by Mozert
The day I encountered online a drawing of Catwoman by Adam Hughes with her head framed by AN EXPLETIVE and one nipple caught in a mousetrap was the day I decided "I am so over this guy!"
ReplyDeleteI love the warmth of the Mozert girl. This work to me is all about delight in female beauty of both body and spirit.