User:Katherine Grayden/gap analysis

Gap analysis

 * What is the title of the article in which you identified a gap. If no article exists at all, what should the title be?

Lina Bertucci


 * Document the gap you found, describe how you identified it, and analyze its impact on knowledge.

Lina Bertucci is a talented artist, whose artwork has been displayed in museums all over New York, Chicago, France, Italy, and Germany. Therefore, with her success, I was surprised to see several gaps in her Wikipedia page. First, the Wikipedia page only consisted of a few sentences that barely discussed where she attended college, where she displayed her artwork over the years, and why she decided to focus on photography. Since I was intrigued with this artist and fascinated by how she interweaves several intersectionalities together, I decided to create a whole new Wikipedia page for her instead of adding on information to the Wikipedia page. In contrast to this artist’s Wikipedia page, I was disappointed to see how many other male artists, such as Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso, have a long, and clear analysis about their artwork and how they developed as artists. Therefore, without a strong Wikipedia page for Bertucci, viewers aren’t able to acknowledge how both gender and sexuality intersect in Bertucci’s artwork. In several of her photographs, Bertucci uses the body in order to empower women in the male-dominated society. In many of her portraits in this particular series, Bertucci photographs only women and within every portrait, Bertucci illuminates the womens' tattoos in order to convey their identity. Further, with this gap on her Wikipedia page, her artwork's intersectionalities are neglected. For instance, three particular intersectionalities come into play: gender, sexuality, and race. Both gender and sexuality tie into her art series because the women in her photographs are defying the typical appearance of a female through their tattoos; their tattoos allow them to express their personalities and express how they have all overcame obstacles in their life: sexual abuse, divorce, or other tragic events. Race also relates to her artwork because these women are exposing themselves to society, accepting that it will be hard to remain invisible as society will be quick to judge their appearance.
 * Propose a paragraph of new or substantially edited content based on reliable sources. (If you are editing existing content, post the current version along with your edited version, and clearly mark which is which.)

Lina Bertucci is an inspiring artist who has challenged gender roles through photography and film. Bertucci was born in 1958 and first became interested in photography through working at the Milwaukee Railroad: she was intrigued by its culture and landscape. Further, she traveled throughout the world to gain knowledge that would improve her artistic skills. For instance, she studied art in Greece at the Aegean School of Fine Art, at the Pratt University, and at the University of Wisconsin. After gaining several years of education, she focused on photography and displayed her artwork at the Perry Rubenstein Gallery, The Foundation Sandretto Re Rebaudengo for Art, and the Milan Gallery Francesca Kaufmann and Eleni Korenau. Bertucci first experimented with landscape photography, and she used landscapes as a basis to present her findings on “American subcultures” in order to relate and contrast gender, class, race, and sexuality in her medium. With all of her landscape images, she does not elaborate on where she took the picture in order to not take away from the identity of the picture. For instance, her landscape photographs Yellow Beach, Vortex, and Blue Moon do not behold the name of the location and through this technique, she encourages the audience to use their own creativity to imagine where the image took place.Specifically, Bertucci was intrigued by landscapes because of its texture and patterns. In the background of many of her portraits, Bertucci contrasts the object of the portrait with different patterns and pigments. Some of her portraits consist of symmetrical designs, which suggest how difficult it is to break through society’s boundaries in order to become visible and have a voice in society.

In Bertucci’s most recent art series Women in the Tattoo Subculture, Bertucci went to tattoo conventions and photographed a variety of women: different ages, different careers, and different identities. In every portrait of this art series, Bertucci captures the strength and beauty of these women through illuminating the pigments of their tattoos. The tattoos represent their refusal to accept gender roles and their refusal to blend in with society; their tattoos empower these individuals to feel confident enough to go against society’s standards and truly express their own identities. Thus, Bertucci’s main goal is to expose women in a certain, positive light in order to “celebrate alternative ideals of beauty”(Artspace). Along with focusing on women, Bertucci's portfolio also consists of photographs of men and even children. However, within these photographs, none of the individuals display tattoos; however, Bertucci is able to help them stand out through focusing on certain detailed features such as their facial expressions. In one of her photographs, Haim Steinbeck, she captures an individual wearing a mask that resembles the Star War's character "Yoda" .Through wearing this mask, this individual stands out: Bertucci ties in class, gender, and race issues because this mask represents the loneliness and isolation one can feel through trying to immerse oneself into society. Thus, both her tattoo series and regular photography series represent the courageous nature of individuals to expose their true selves.


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 * "Lina Bertucci | Artspace." Artspace. N.p., n.d. Web. .
 * "Lina Bertucci-8 Artworks, Bio and Shows on Artsy." N.p., n.d. Web. .
 * "Lina Bertucci." Lina Bertucci. N.p., n.d. Web. .
 * "Lina Bertucci." Lina Bertucci. N.p., n.d. Web. .
 * "Lina Bertucci." Lina Bertucci. N.p., n.d. Web. .