User:Laynae/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?

The title of the article should be "Ann Gillen".


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

The gap I found was on the industrial artist, Ann Gillen. She does not have a wikipedia page on herself or any of her works, despite her being a well-known artist and feminist.


 * 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.)

Ann Gillen is an American industrial sculptor and active feminist based in New York City, USA. Gillen is known for her 30 sculptures around the New York metropolitan area that depict “motion in planes and lines in the feminine form”. Her feminist involvements include working with other female artists to depict equality through art and moderating a class in 1974 at the New School. Gillen’s sculptures are constructed using metals, springs, rocks, and other natural materials that she welds together and might paint. Gillen attended the Pratt Institute, where she trained in Industrial Design, and then earned her MFA from Columbia University. Her works have been showcased at several venues, including Vassar College, 1976; Wave Hill, 1977; Bellevue Hospital Park, 1983-84; the Stamford Museum, Connecticut, and CUNY Tech Brooklyn, 1984. She uses physics as a large part of the aesthetic to create her sculptures, including energy, time, light, gravity, and geographic conditions of where the piece will be placed. Gillen has said, “using machines to create art is a part of the aesthetic”. She has also said “talking about my work clarifies my ideas. I’ll say something that hasn’t occurred to me and think ‘Aha! That’s what I’m doing’”. Gillen is focused on creating her own work while conveying the message of equality, which can be seen in her pieces, specifically “Mothers” and “Feminism”. As part of her feminist side, Gillen has also spoken about human rights within civil rights and feminism.