That last installment of this series. please click here, here, and here to view the series in its entirety.
These images are intended to be viewed together as a series and should be considered as such. As my artists statement indicates this series concerns the depiction of the body in wet-drapery and the modern action of [...]
From creating these images two things have become clear. Firstly, that the role of women has greatly evolved from classical times in which they wore wet drapery and secondly that the act of shaving is a very sensuous activity that is intended to physically attract. Hence there are many contradictions present in these photographs.
Over the [...]
Here is the second installment of the series concerning shaving and female grooming.
This week much time has been spent getting back into the swing of my frantically paced life in Taipei after the transformative experience of NAEA. Last week our class reflected on Alex de Cosson’s article The Hermeneutic Dialogue which fused the processes of research and personal reflection.
While I have respect for the concept of [...]
Here are two old photographs of me at age 24 in 2001. The first was taken at Atomic nightclub which depicts my photographer identity at the time. The second photograph, (and let’s all have a laugh at the terrible blue fuzzy fur coat), was the official graduation photo from my Bachelor of Education Degree [...]
This week our readings from Julie Lymburner and Patti Pente empathize lived experiences that inform arts-based research through personal reflection and art-making. There is an ideological shift that Pente describes, where values are passed through the art-teach to students. This phenomena is well established academically and has been documented by scholars such as Noddings, Palmer, [...]
Judy Chicago and an image from her Birth Project 1982
This week I have been working hard on my Judy Chicago presentation. Quite honestly I did not know much about Chicago until I started to research her life and art. She is a phenomenal inspiration and I feel so excited at the prospect of seeing [...]
Artist Statement
My goal with the piece was to merge the classical aesthetic idea of wet drapery into every day feminine activities which are often overlooked in our contemporary visual culture.
The act of a woman shaving is a private activity that is typically hidden from view. Women are presented at the final part of the [...]
Thoughts on gender this week:
Laura Bush and Katie Holmes are considered modern day Stepford wives.
Professionally women have different expectations from men when faced with the same job or career choice. Why are there so few women business leaders, tenured Professors, and Heads of State? Are women leaders perceived as being weak in comparison to men? [...]
The Winged Victory of Samothrace. 220-190 BC
Classical Roman statues romanticize and mythologize femininity. Women are ethereal and unapproachable, except to the male gaze. This woman is powerful in her posture yet trapped in stone. The problem with this image is the contradictions it presents, the powerful woma nwith wingswho can not move. Strong yet ensnared [...]
rss feed rss comment feed rss photography