The elephant in the Art room The mother the other Addressing the elephant in the Art room Linda Nochlin posed the question in her 1971 article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? Arguing it was necessary to question “the unstated domination of white male subjectivity” that shaped the art historical canon; the article explored the reasons for the severe asymmetry of female to male artists throughout the course of art history. When examining western art as viewed through the canon one must
Setting: Within the text of magic realism, the plot was located in Illinois, focused on an abnormal, western town referred to as Bone Gap. To elaborate, it consisted of the O’Sullivans territory including “a peeling white house, a matching garage, and a red barn slanted to the left” (Ruby 12). Alongside the property, the O’Sullivans owned an extra, vacant apartment with an exterior garden. Additionally, the residents would visit the Chat N’ Chew diner, where the whispers of recent rumors would