Adi Nes(born in 1966)is a leading Israeli artist in the field of photography,with international recognition.Nes’photography is staged as theatre,with each detail carefully planned during the production process,after ...Adi Nes(born in 1966)is a leading Israeli artist in the field of photography,with international recognition.Nes’photography is staged as theatre,with each detail carefully planned during the production process,after comprehensive visual and conceptual research.His photography engages with manliness,political and social injustice,gender,alterity,ethnicity,and religion,and his images express a constant criticism,overt or covert.This article focuses on images from his soldier series produced between 1994 and 2000.Declaring that Israel is a very male-dominated society,Nes’images of the soldiers present them in different ways:sometimes as extremely masculine and even macho,in other photos as mischievous,like a bunch of boys going wild;and in yet other photos as projecting an innocence that elicits the viewer’s compassion.The present study is a comparative one,employing the methodology of classical reception studies,and incorporating an analogy to the ancient Greek concept of the manly warrior,whose body was perceived as reflecting the political ideology of the polis.This concept is summarized in the term“Phallus Politicos”coined by John Jack Winkler,and connects between virility and politics in Ancient Greece.The argument presented here is that while the body and appearance of the warrior in Ancient Greece was consolidated with the Greek polis and its ideals,Nes’images of soldiers manifest a disruption between the soldier and the ideology he serves,and therefore convey subversive messages alongside compassion and emotional solidarity.展开更多
In this paper Cheng Yanqiu’s personality,manliness and his hobbies are discussed.From the narration of his farming life in the 1940s and his founding of schools his view on life is to be seen.In the latter part of th...In this paper Cheng Yanqiu’s personality,manliness and his hobbies are discussed.From the narration of his farming life in the 1940s and his founding of schools his view on life is to be seen.In the latter part of the paper the artistic achievements of his masterpiece“The Lucky Purse”are explored.展开更多
文摘Adi Nes(born in 1966)is a leading Israeli artist in the field of photography,with international recognition.Nes’photography is staged as theatre,with each detail carefully planned during the production process,after comprehensive visual and conceptual research.His photography engages with manliness,political and social injustice,gender,alterity,ethnicity,and religion,and his images express a constant criticism,overt or covert.This article focuses on images from his soldier series produced between 1994 and 2000.Declaring that Israel is a very male-dominated society,Nes’images of the soldiers present them in different ways:sometimes as extremely masculine and even macho,in other photos as mischievous,like a bunch of boys going wild;and in yet other photos as projecting an innocence that elicits the viewer’s compassion.The present study is a comparative one,employing the methodology of classical reception studies,and incorporating an analogy to the ancient Greek concept of the manly warrior,whose body was perceived as reflecting the political ideology of the polis.This concept is summarized in the term“Phallus Politicos”coined by John Jack Winkler,and connects between virility and politics in Ancient Greece.The argument presented here is that while the body and appearance of the warrior in Ancient Greece was consolidated with the Greek polis and its ideals,Nes’images of soldiers manifest a disruption between the soldier and the ideology he serves,and therefore convey subversive messages alongside compassion and emotional solidarity.
文摘In this paper Cheng Yanqiu’s personality,manliness and his hobbies are discussed.From the narration of his farming life in the 1940s and his founding of schools his view on life is to be seen.In the latter part of the paper the artistic achievements of his masterpiece“The Lucky Purse”are explored.
