I Can't Believe It

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

I Can't Believe It

Entry/Object ID

2018.03

Description

Grayscale drawing of women covering her eyes with one hand, weraing printed graphic t-shirt

Artwork Details

Medium

Charcoal on paper

Context

Former Chicago artist Nancy Hild’s work reflects a considerable passion for women’s and animal rights issues while displaying a profound technical skill and handling of detail and color in her paintings and drawings. Her series of self-portraits, including I Can’t Believe It and Self-Portrait (Smiley Face) reflect an astonishing self-awareness and a discourse on the role of the female artist within societal tropes. Here, a sardonic smile and bashful forgetfulness provide ribald, tongue-in-cheek commentary about the faces women are instructed to wear, the attitudes they’re required to have, and the necessity and import of motherhood that has run contentiously for decades.

Acquisition

Accession

2018.02-05

Source or Donor

Linda James

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Linda R. James

Made/Created

Artist

Hild, Nancy

Date made

1989

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

BR/R

Transcription

[title]

Notes

Inscription Type: charcoal

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

feminism, culture-related concepts, artists (visual artists), people (agents), self-portraits, portraits, visual works (works)

Hierarchy Name

Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), People (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)

Facet

Associated Concepts Facet, Agents Facet, Objects Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

29-1/2 in

Length

41-1/2 in