承前*1
共同通信は画家、フランソワーズ・ジローの訃報を「フランソワーズ・ジローさん死去 「ピカソを捨てた女」」というタイトルで伝えた*2。これは他の多くのメディアでも大同小異であって、要するにメディアの眼にとって、死せるジローは画家である以前に、「ピカソの元愛人」なのだった。これは生涯に数千点の作品を残し、101歳まで生きたアーティストに対しては非礼であり、「あからさまな性差別（blatant sexism）」なのではないか；
Katy Hessel “‘Blatant sexism’: why is a great painter who lived to 101 still defined by a man she left in the 1950s?” https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/12/blatant-sexism-great-painter-francoise-gilot
Christopher Parker “Françoise Gilot, Whose Art Transcended Her Relationship With Picasso, Dies at 101” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/francoise-gilot-dies-180982316/
これは、ピカソからは独立した彼女の生に向き合った記事；
2022年の記事；
Yet Gilot’s legacy reaches far beyond Picasso, and in recent years, her work has garnered much more recognition*3. A 1965 portrait of her daughter sold for $1.3 million at auction in 2021, per the AP.To see Françoise as a muse (to Picasso) is to miss the point,” says Simon Shaw, Sotheby’s vice chairman for global fine art, to the AP. “While her work naturally entered into dialogue with his, Françoise pursued a course fiercely her own—her art, like her character, was filled with color, energy and joy.”
During her life, Gilot emphasized that she never felt trapped or controlled by Picasso. In fact, in a 2022 interview for her 100th birthday with Ruth La Ferla of the Times, Gilot said that her fierce independence informed the art she created*4.
“As young women, we were taught to keep silent,” she said. “We were taught early that taking second place is easier than first. You tell yourself that’s all right, but it’s not all right. It is important that we learn to express ourselves, to say what it is that we like, that we want.”
Amy Crawford “Françoise Gilot Was More Than Picasso’s Muse” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/francoise-gilot-was-more-than-picassos-muse-180979802/
2019年のインタヴュー；
Thessaly Force「後悔する必要なんてない。97歳のフランソワーズ・ジロー、『ピカソとの日々』を語る」https://www.tjapan.jp/art/17296215
*1:https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2023/06/09/151140
*2:https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f807a096db25acd23fe3b759bbfc65850cd914e3
*3:See Brigit Katz "Now You Can View the Travel Sketchbooks of Françoise Gilot, Artist and Inspiration to Picasso" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/francoise-gilot-artist-and-inspiration-picasso-has-published-her-travel-sketchbooks-180970199/
*4:Ruth La Ferla "Françoise Gilot: ‘It Girl’ at 100" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/style/francoise-gilot-it-girl.html
