Femmes Fatales | Andy Warhol | Roy Lichtenstein: Iconic Women. Iconic Art.

The term originates from the French phrase "femme fatale", which means 'deadly woman' or 'lethal woman'. A femme fatale tries to achieve her hidden purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm, or sexual allure. In many cases, her attitude towards sexuality is lackadaisical, intriguing, or frivolous. She may also be (or imply that she is) a victim, caught in a situation from which she cannot escape.

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Anonymous faces stare out from his art as we, the viewers, ponder the lives of the women presented to us in an almost photographic, turbulent snapshot. Whether in danger or experiencing a heartbreak, Lichtenstein’s ladies have an ethereal almost Stepford Wives quality about them. They inhabit a space that is both familiar and uncanny and oscillate between these two distinct realms. The damsel in distress of Lichtenstein can be seen through how we, as the viewer, are unaware of the danger or the context in which the subjects are presented

The genius in Warhol’s portrait prints and paintings is that he shares a perfect moment frozen in time where beauty becomes timeless and unchanging, where the figure transcends the person and becomes immortalised. Warhol's art causes us to ask questions as to who is the woman behind the portrait. Through the work society's obsession with celebrity is called iapproached and raises questions as to our relationship with the idols that we create.

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