Alicia Gaspar de Alba: Cultural Politics and the CARA Exhibition

        In Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s essay on cultural politics and the CARA exhibition, I thought it was very interesting to read about how there was this expectation for women and how this expectation carried along with women and literally held them back from doing anything that was out of their designed roles, which were to be wives and mothers. Our guest lecturer explained how women were expected to be the support when they were never supported themselves. She also mentioned that there is a problem with the narrative which is completely true. Classifying women as inferior is no way to establish an equality within societies. During class, we also discussed how there are more pieces by male artists in the exhibition than by female artists, and we see this carry out in the broader scope of art in general. I am not really familiar with art and the only few names that I do find familiar with any artists, are male. I don't know if this plays out in the fact that there is a lack of recognition for female artists or that I just haven't been introduced to female artists or probably both, but it's frustrating to read that women are creating various forms of art and there continues to be a lack of recognition due to gender.