#feministfriday episode 472 | Calligraphic
Here's Pouran Jinchi, American-Iranian artist making calligraphy inspired art:
Being an introverted child, making art came very early in life and continued as I studied civil engineering. The creative process allowed me to withdraw into an internal world that was all mine. My art is very much driven from my heritage. One could say the cultural influence of my heritage is the foundation of my art; my adult life experience and education became the building block. I believe we possess many dimensions in our humanity, evolving from a combination of our culture and the environment we live in.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pouran-jinchi-interview-artist-1089431
Ike Gyokuran made a mark for herself with her art, her poetry and her writing:
Ike no Taiga and […] Tokuyama Gyokuran, devoted their lives to literary and artistic activities and had an unconventional partnership in the patriarchal Confucian society of eighteenth-century Kyoto. Gyokuran kept her maiden name and was financially independent; she earned a living by managing a teahouse. The foreword and the first waka poem at the right of this scroll, written by Gyokuran, indicate that she was a better waka poet than Taiga. The poems document their intimate relationship, and the calligraphic styles harmonize visually, even as Taiga’s larger writing with strong ink variation contrasts with Gyokuran’s signature style of thin, swirling lines.
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/77678
I love the art of Maria Strick, who produced four copybooks in the early modern age and whose beautiful work was quite mass market (again, for the early modern age):
Strick’s work shows her command of different languages, including especially French, and a courtly sprezzatura (or nonchalance) that was generally associated with individuals of higher social status. The tension between sober religion and copiousness is perfectly illustrated in her engraved portrait, with its ink wells, quills, religious inscriptions and copious fruit.
https://martinevanelk.wordpress.com/2018/02/16/capable-of-bruising-a-letter-early-modern-womens-calligraphy/