THE MALE GAZE IN TINTYPE

 

I think I get it, but that’s more for the women in my life to judge. I was a chubby, awkward, geeky young man, and perhaps that spared me from the more callous competitive attitudes of my peers. After all, there is a woman who has put up with me for 50 years, to my great good fortune.

This is in the sculpture garden behind the St. Louis Art Museum, Aristide Maillol’s The Mountain, https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/10289/, Maillol’s work is primarily about female nudes. The mountain here may be the left leg, with the right  encased in the lead base. It’s not clear in TinType, but the hair appears wind-blown.                 

SOMEBODY GET HER A SWEATER

One of the places you might find something interesting to shoot after a snow around here is the sculpture garden behind the art museum. We didn't get much and by the time I arrived there was nothing on the statues. Still, they have their own interest.

This is called The Mountain by the French sculptor, Aristide Maillol. You can see the reason for the title in the way the right leg seems to arise from the earth and the crags formed by the left leg and knee are balanced by the peak running from the right hand through the torso to the top of the head.

Traveling tonight and onward tomorrow. Big change of scene by Wednesday afternoon.