Never Underestimate

The picture featured in this post is the entrance to the Städel Museum. This Museum was established by John Freidrich Städel. He was a business man and a banker he built this museum in 1815. In 1760, after his father passed, He began collecting rare paintings and artworks and later built the Städel Museum which is one of the oldest museums in Germany today. The Goethe Instutit was thoughtful enough to grant the students a chance to see the “Battle of the Sexes” exhibition offered by The Städel Museum. The Städel museum described it best “The exhibition “Battle of the Sexes: Franz von Stuck to Frida Kahlo” will shed light on the artistic investigation of gender roles from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of World War II. The traditional definition of male and female as active/passive, rational/emotional, culture/nature was heavily debated in modern art: many artists presented their viewers with overstated gender characteristics and cemented stereotypical role models in their works. Others challenged established clichés and endeavoured to subvert them with strategies such as irony, exaggeration, masquerade and blending.” Most of these paintings were very graphic in its imagery. From blood and gore,to mysterious and often questionable works, This musuem shed light on many of the untouched subjects of this time. The majority of the paintings featured women in more aggressive and dominant manner. During the Mid 19th Century to the end of World War II, it was told that women wanted to have a more independent role in everyday life. The men of this time did not agree and they shunned the thought of a women having equal rights with themselves. So naturally, the women grew very strategic in mind and they faught for freedom and equality. I am a proud believer of the forbidden fruit syndrome. If you flaunt something in someones face and make then feel inferior, eventually they will rise up and take whatever it is that you kept from them. Its the natural order of things. If I tell a child he/she cannot have a cookie and then naturally that child will build a strong obession for cookies. Sooner or later that child will grow and take what it is that I kept from him because he will feel as though we are equals. People get tired of being treated as “less than” or “inferior.” I’m a proud believer of equality. Interestingly enough, I have noticed that there will always be people who want more than others. On the contrary the people who have lesser will always want to be treated as equals. The answer is not written in stone. We must find a balance (Of course thats easier said than done). Not everyone wants a mansion or a luxury car. Some people (like myself) just want live an honest life and help people. Sure I like money and cars and jewelry, but I understand all of that is not necessary to live. At the end of the day everyone just wants to be loved and they find ways to reach that fulfillment.  Thats all for my point of view. Please feel free to comment and share what you all believe. Until next time! Stay tuned!