This fic is @zabrakqueen‘s giveaway prize and my totally self-indulgent art gallery AU
The world of art is one of overwhelming masculinity. Throughout history, the works of women have been derided and the works of men given prominence and the lion’s share of attention. Even today, we often look at artists like Van Gogh, Jackson Pollock and Warhol as bastions of masculine artistic drive, solitary, often troubled geniuses whose works embody the creative nature of man. By repurposing the idea of these artists, by reimagining their works in the paradigm of a “feminine” palette and production, “Homage Rose” attempts to examine our expectations of masculinity, artistic purpose, and the function of the male gaze.
“Oh really?” Krem looked amused. “So it wasn’t just that you wanted to repaint Botticelli’s Venus with a dwarven man covering himself with an impossibly long beard?”
“Hey now, Krempuff, no insulting my models. That beard is true to life.”
Homage Rose
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