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A review by garconniere
Kiki De Montparnasse by Catel, Lucía Bermúdez Carballo
2.0
I'm a big fan of Kiki de Montparnasse, and graphic novels, so I was so excited when I heard about this book. Unfortunately, as well researched as it is, it fell short. I felt like that was so much potential to explore styles with the drawings but that was probably the weakest point.
Also this is probably my own perspective tainting the situation but there's a lot to get into around gender relations in the surrealist and dadaist movements. Instead, in the book it is made to be just relationship drama between Man Ray and Kiki, as petty rather than serious. A lot of the male artists who are constantly lauded for their genius continues to overshadow and discredit female artists as simply "muses" for the male gaze. I would have loved to see this element explored.
Oh well.
Also this is probably my own perspective tainting the situation but there's a lot to get into around gender relations in the surrealist and dadaist movements. Instead, in the book it is made to be just relationship drama between Man Ray and Kiki, as petty rather than serious. A lot of the male artists who are constantly lauded for their genius continues to overshadow and discredit female artists as simply "muses" for the male gaze. I would have loved to see this element explored.
Oh well.