Concepts for this project:
• Evolution of women rage (timeline) • Working Class and feminism. • Hatred that women have against each other because of the Patriachy
The Idea For This Project:
The initial idea was that I take these really traditional artworks and rework them to have a counterpart that would be more ’glorified’ in away.
Photo montages:
A series of photomontages that go with the initial idea.
Kim Kardashian as the Virgin Mary: The idea for this piece is that I chose a specific word to look at. The word was SLUT. The meaning behind the word is a woman who is considered immoral because of her sexual relations. Kim Kardashian came to fame because of her sex tape and has been called a slut throughout her career. Virgin Mary: Virgin Mary is the complete opposite of Kim Kardashian. She’s pure, a vestal.
Megan Fox as Lady Liberty: The word I chose to focus on for this piece was the word ’PUSSY’. The word can be used as a vulgar term for a vagina or a term to call someone a coward. In terms of why I linked this word to Megan Fox. Megan Fox is an actress that was seen as a ’sex symbol’ and nothing else. Throughout her career, she’s been fighting with directors, producers over her sexualization in the media.
Lady Liberty: Delacroxi depicted Liberty as both an allegorical goddess figure and a robust woman of the people. I think what links these two figures together was that fact that there both fighting for a cause. To mention the quote on the bottom. It was from a film that Megan Fox did and becamea cult classic of hers. It was claimed to be a feminist film and I wanted to kind of say ’Fuck you to the patriarchy’.
Angelina Jolie and Billy Thorton as “American Gothic”: The word I focused on for this was ‘TRAMP’. The meaning of the word is another version of a slut but instead of being visibly out there with her promiscuity, it’s more disguised. I chose Angelina Jolie because she’s portrayed as such a classy woman in the media and she has no wrongs. I wanted to subvert that image of her.
American Gothic: American Gothic is the 1930s painting by Grant Wood, Wood was inspired to paint it in Eldon, Iowa. The painting depicts a farmer standing beside his daughter often mistaken for his wife
Paris Hilton as “The Birth of Venus”: The word is was looking at for this piece was WHORE. A whore describes a person that has many sexual partners. During her peak, Paris Hilton came to fame due to her late-night persona. This made her a fixture of tabloids. Also, a sex tape of her and her boyfriend got leaked which projected her into global fame.
The Birth of Venus: The birth of Venus is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Bottelli probably made around the 1480s. It depicts the goddess Venu arriving at the shore after her birth when she emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman.
Initial Influences:
Alexa Kondakov was a visual influence because of his series called “Art History in Contemporary Life” pretty much captures what I wanted my visuals to have that contrast
Suffragettes to She-Devil influence was for the themes and the ideas of seeing the evolution of women being seen as saviours to being little through sexualization.
Photomontages #2:
Theses photomontages are a result of having to refine the previous ones because they were too busy.
Variation One: I wanted to solely focus more on Megan Fox but still have an element some type of fight that’s where the quote comes into play. “CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER”. Which can also reflect on how Megan Fox decided to take on the media by addressing particular directors in interviews.
Variation Two: The original picture was Angelina Jolie as American Gothic. I went with a more simple approach. Focused more on the silhouette of there bodies instead of just collaging them on top of another image. I wanted to make a commentary on relationships with this piece.
Variation Three: Instead, of Paris being the main focus of the piece I went for Venus. I wanted to still have the of ‘Paris Hilton’ look to it. That’s why the background pink so that links up. With the quote, “I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD OR NOTHING” I wanted to keep the same element of vanity that the first one had.
Variation Four: For this variation, I wanted to touch on the topic of religion. So this would be a continuation of the photograph of Kim Kardashian as the Virgin Mary. Like all the previous photographs this one follows a limited colour palette and I wanted to be vague on what I was referencing. Which is the story of how Adam & Eve met.
Further Influences:
I used both of these accounts in my photomontages to add text and imagery just to create that difference.
@VERY REAL FANTASY: From this account, I used most was the text because I liked how textured it was and the text has this comic book feel that I wanted to have in my work.
@WE’RE NOT REALLY STRANGERS: What I wanted to incorporate in my work was the general topics being commented on.
Aisha Beya 