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PRESS RELEASE

Women Artists Look at Men and Masculinity: Art exhibition re-envisions gender, society and the politics of exposure
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 'MAN AS OBJECT: Reversing the Gaze' Opens SOMArts Cultural Center
Nov. 4 - Nov. 30, 2011
PRESS IMAGES
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Image: superman by Molly Marie Nuzzo, from Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze.

PREVIEWS

Sneak a "Peak" at some select images from the Exhibition...
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Image: Marthageorge Washington by Julie Sutherland from Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze
Video Preview on YouTube...
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Image: Graham Reclining by Laura Hartford from Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze

EXHIBITION POSTCARD
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PRESS CONTACTS
Reporters with a deadline, please contact Spokespersons:
 
Karen Gutfreund, WCA Exhibitions Director
  karengutfreundexhibitions@yahoo.com
 
Tanya Augsburg, PhD
, Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies (Creative Arts &
  Humanities), San Francsico State University
 
tanya@sfsu.edu

SOMArts Twitter Photo Contest: Your Man As Object

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Image: by Karen Zack from Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze.
SOMArt Cultural Center is hosting a Twitter photo contest -- Contest rules and details.

Follow the photo contest developments at: #manasobject

What Others have to Say About 'Man as Object' and Its Artists

Are you blogging about us? Have you seen us in your local paper? Let us know!
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Ms. Magazine Blog
posted October 28, 2011
[This] body of work exposes women's cheeky, provactive and sometimes shocking commentaries on the opposite sex (which) may make the viewer squirm a little. But that is precisely the point...READ MORE.

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The Good Men Project
We May Be Hotter Than We Know

posted November 4, 2011
A new art exhibit questions our conceptions of male beauty, and Hugo Schwyzer thinks it's about damn time...READ MORE.
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Golden Gate Xpress
Art Exhibit Explores Gender in a New Light
posted November 11, 2011
Containing everything from the phallic to the obscure, 117 pieces from fremale and transgender artists...READ MORE
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Eventseekr Blog
Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze – Is a Naked Man Enough? [Review]
posted November 14, 2011
What you learn at this show is that there are a myriad of ways to depict a naked man...READ MORE.
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SF Weekly Blog
posted November 2, 2011
Conduct any level of research on feminism and related concepts ... and you'll fall into the crossfire of intellectual warriors...The final remark is put to the test in 'Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze' ... READ MORE.
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Feminist Moments
posted November 16, 2011
Here is some footage from Man As Object: Reversing the Gaze exhibit at SOMArts/ San Francisco, curated by Karen Gutfreund and Priscilla Otani with support from Tanya Augesburg, PH.D.
I was an artist in this exhibit. I enjoyed learning from other artists in the show. – Tania Hammidi
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BroadBlogs.com
posted October 24, 2011
Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at," art critic John Berger famously observed. Now some feminist artists are turning the tables in the exhibit...READ MORE.

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Art News
posted October 19, 2011
Surveying the ways men are represented in contemporary art by women, this exhibition will open new dialogues...READ MORE
'Man As Object' Mentions
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The East Bay Monthly
November 2011

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Feminine Moments
(Denmark)
Oct 29, 2011

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Bi Social Network
Nov 1, 2011
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Indybay
Art + Action

Oct 18, 2011

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WCA Blog
Oct. 30, 2011

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Hugo Schwyzer Blog
Nov 4, 2011

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@ManAsObject
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Bay Area Art Grind
Oct 18, 2011

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A.I.R. Gallery
Blog

Oct. 31, 2011

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Role / Reboot
Nov 7, 2011

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When Sheep Go Moo
Oct. 28, 2011

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Quipsologies
no. 134

Oct. 31, 2011

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Feminist Philosophers
Nov 7, 2011


Header Image (left): Della Calfee, Men As Table, Archival paper, 14 x 11 inches, 1991.
Header Image (middle top): Erika Meriaux, Heracles and Omphale, Oil on linen canvas, 48 x 28 inches, 2010.
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