The Sex of Graffiti Urban art, women and “gender perception”

testing biases in the eye of the observer

Authors

  • Vittorio Parisi PhD Candidate, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Aesthetics and Cultural Studies Institut ACTE – Arts, Créations, Théories, Esthétiques (CNRS)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25765/sauc.v1i1.17

Keywords:

Graffiti, Street Art, Gender Studies, Perception, Women, Sex

Abstract

In this paper I explore the intersection between urban creativity and gender studies, through a composite methodology and with a double purpose: to examine the role and the recognition of women in the graffiti and street art milieu; and to test the existence, the extent, and the quality of gender biases in the eye of the observer. In order to accomplish these two tasks, I examined existing literature treating the subject and created a visual survey. Observations and results from each step of the present work reveal a general lack of recognition of women’s role in street art and graffiti, as well as a remarkable amount of gender preconceptions during mere aesthetic appreciation of urban works of art.

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2015-12-20

How to Cite

Parisi, V. (2015). The Sex of Graffiti Urban art, women and “gender perception”: testing biases in the eye of the observer. Street Art & Urban Creativity, 1(1), 53–62. https://doi.org/10.25765/sauc.v1i1.17

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Methodologies for Research

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