This paper uses two related case studies to critique emerging gender relations with particular reference to the influence of institutional conventions (the art academy). It utilises the theoretical...Show moreThis paper uses two related case studies to critique emerging gender relations with particular reference to the influence of institutional conventions (the art academy). It utilises the theoretical frameworks of Linda Nochlin, Alice Walker, Bell Hooks and Eliza Steinbock in order to interpret the gender relations represented by Narges Mohammadi and Quentley Barbara while still students at The Royal Academy of Art The Hague. Through the objective analysis of ‘How to Travel Safe’ (2016) and ‘Myself and I’ (2016) this paper will demonstrate how the artworks are of particular importance as representations of an emerging inclusivity within gender relations. The results and conclusions of these analysis show a movement away from the masculine ‘greatness’ observed by Nochlin (1971), toward an emerging inclusive ‘greatness’.Show less
