![]() ![]() Their cropped hair and flat chest further reinforces the viewer’s expectation of a man. The leotard, as well as the presence of weights, indicates the sitter’s typically masculine profession as a weight lifter or circus performer. 1) presents an androgynous figure seated in a full body leotard. Cahun’s 1927 photographic self-portrait titled I am in training, don’t kiss me (Fig. ![]() It is Claude Cahun who demonstrates the most radical challenge to gender paradigms in her advocacy of fluid identity. Robert Short even proclaimed: “no one comparable movement outside specifically feminist organisations has had such a high proportion of active women participants.” It is no surprise, therefore, that by the 1930s, Surrealism experienced an influx of female artists. The Surrealists’ radical anti-establishment views, and their rejection of the church and family institution, challenged traditional social order and prescribed gender roles. ![]() ![]() From its inception, Surrealism challenged traditional identity constructions by proposing a liberation of the ‘id’ from the ‘ego’ and ‘superego’ restraints. Surrealism, as a movement, was not only concerned with artistic expression, but can be seen as a way of life, equally concerned with politics and perceptions of the world. ![]()
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