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MUSING ON CAVE ART AND WOMEN ARTISTS

National Geographic magazine has just published an extraordinary article which suggests that most of the oldest-known cave art paintings were done by women. “Most scholars had assumed these ancient artists were predominantly men, so the finding overturns decades of archaeological dogma.” writes Virginia Hughes. 

By analyzing hand stencils in eight cave sites in France and Spain, it was determined that three-quarters of the prints were female. This is just mind boggling, and it occurred to me that the male bias in art still exists. 

You just have to visit any of the world’s art museums to see that most of the works on the walls are by males unless there is a special showing of female artists.  Whether these cave paintings were made for reasons relating to the hunt or for shamanic practice, I must say that it makes my heart swell with pride to find that we women have been making meaningful art since prehistoric time. 

Just like the present day graffiti taggers spray-paint walls to leave their mark, these paleolithic handprints document the early presence of women artists. We were here! And we still are.

source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/photogalleries/cave-handprints-actually-women-missions-pictures/