Don't force your taste!

The painting, “Purple as an Inexplicable Poetic Force”, was drawn by Robert Williams to protest the stifling situation women were currently in. Williams uses not safe for work images and very weird cartoonish depictions to give off a disturbing vibe. The long and contorted arms of the white clown is enough to give you nightmares. The painting is an eyecatcher used to push a feminist political agenda through the depiction of female prostitution. "Purple as an Inexplicable Poetic Force” expresses the idea that women are forced to be appealing to the male population if they want to have any kind of success in this world.

The painter shows that society wants women to put in their prejudice using the background and color. In the painting, “Purple as An Inexplicable Color”, the painter, Robert Williams, mainly used purple which symbolizes nobility, desire, ambition, and power. Purple was usually seen as the color of kings because, in ancient times, purple dye was very hard to come by. Only nobility, the powerful, and the rich could afford to buy purple clothing. If you attentively look at the surrounding display, you can recognize they are in a gaunt island. This island represents both the barrier society made and the fact that they cannot escape from society. Furthermore, you can observe the sun setting in the background. In literature, the setting sun symbolizes failure while the rising sun indicates hope and positivity. Whenever the sun sets it means darkness is coming soon. Darkness is a classic symbol of negativity, fear, and evil. When the sun rises, it heralds the coming of the light. Light is an age-old symbol of goodness, comfort, and happiness. The sunrise also means the start of a new day, which brings new hope for a better future. Based on this information, the painter signifies that the lives of women are hard and will continue to be so as long as men hold power over them.

Second, using symbols, the artist, Robert Williams, indirectly indicated the theme which society is imposing women to act the way they want to. If I interpret this paint as it appears, one clown who has authority is painting women in his own color which is purple to make her look like the way he wants. It shows that they ignore individual personality and all women as if they were identical. So, the clown symbolizes our society which evaluates women based on a framework created by society and addresses them to behave accordingly. For instance, women's characteristics are obedient, elegant and kind always, women’s body should always slim and skinny and women should not set out in many cases. They do not express directly to want these. However, women must suffer in an invisible frame. Moreover, a small man who looks like a clown subordinate prohibits women’s rude actions, such as opening their legs and raising their skirts. It portrays that society forces women not to do this and only do the standard forms.

  Lastly, women who feel that women's freedom has been violated try to stop him by holding on to clown’s pants. Women holding on to the legs of clowns show that society is one of the things women don't want to see and that it is useless for women to resist. Thus, now the whole world is saying, "I don't decorate myself for others". The intentions are to break the framework created by the society. Even now, the artist thinks that society should guarantee the free rights of women, the rationale behind my thinking is that he painted this picture to convince the audience to be uncomfortable about the repression.

In conclusion, the painter, Robert William intentionally use mainly one color to imply his opinion about discrimination against women. He thinks that the society is to control over women and their possessions, however, he sarcastically expresses this discrimination should not be present in this world. In modern society, more people are trying to reduce this stereotype and bias against women. 

“Robert Williams: SLANG Aesthetics Captures Fort Wayne”, Juxtapoz Magazine. https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/magazine/robert-williams-slang-aesthetics-captures-fort-wayne/. April 25. 2019