Rajeswari Sivakumar psychology major and art student wants society to “encourage women to be more aggressive in negotiation, and improving professional confidence.”
A recent study by Artnet Auction Price Database found that woman artist are getting paid less than men artists.
“I find it a gross fact, talent not sex should determine compensation,” said Tammy Hart sculpture major.
De Anza Community College students in the art quad during lunch Thursday shared their opinions on the study that found men average $118,000 for art work while woman average $43,000. Less than half.
“There is no reason,” said Peter Gillette photography major.
Walter Robinson Artnet’s Market Watch columnist and organizer of the recent study said “The art world is so awash in testosterone.”
Sivakumar brought up the fact that women across the most professions are rountinely paid less than men at their same level.
Sivakumar has art work and although she acknowledges her pieces aren’t famous, she said she wants to believe she would be paid equally as the male student sitting next to her in class.
Yet she does not think “it is a a reflection of our (women’s) qualification or talents.”
“The glass ceiling has not been shattered yet,” said Sivakumar.
Cameron Langdon architecture major thinks woman should be paid equal.
“I’ve seen some male artists work and they are not more impressive than a woman’s.”
Langdon added, “If anything woman have better incite to beauty, they are less blind than men.”
The students at De Anza find to share the opinion that woman should not be paid less than men.
“It’s a wonder women survive in it at all,” said Robinson.
“Woman shouldn’t have to suffer this inequality anymore,” said Matt Lennon music therapy major.
Chia Wei Kang English major and art student said, “The value should be based on the creativity of the artist regardless of gender.”
