Here she is!! This is my first project not explicitly dealing with the theme of sexual assault in quite some time. I wanted to focus more on the strength of the survivors that have to deal with the aftermath of their assault, rather than the assault itself. The survivor is somewhat battered, with multiple wounds visible on her skin, but her main characteristic is the strength in her gaze and her grip on her dress (her bodily autonomy regained), as well as the storm of hair that practically explodes off her head and covers the page (she is confident and unafraid to take up space because she knows she deserves the right to do so). The dress is large and flowy for the same reason, although the color (turquoise; this will show in the next process post) was chosen more for color schematics than for content reasons; the reddish-orange hair was chosen to represent the fire in her soul at being able to stand up and fight for herself and the aqua was chosen as a complement.
As with my last two projects, I do not yet have a title for this one. Hopefully one comes to me soon, but I have a little over a month to get that figured out.
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Without further ado, here it is - my summer project! I wanted to portray the attacks that victims of sexual assault are often forced to undergo. The legs represent the victim - caught in a circle of reaching hands; some are reaching to touch the victim and assault them again, while some are pointing fingers (literally) at the victim and blaming them (rather than the rapist) for the assault.
I have no title yet, but I do know one thing - this will be my last piece with a sexual assault theme as the main focus for a little while. I want to focus on some other issue under the umbrella of things feminism is trying to fix. Well...I'm finally here! I've finally reached Art V. Now that I've been making art of my own design for a year, I feel like I should be more aware of what I want to make, but I'm still not quite sure. I spent most of last year drawing and painting, and while I loved doing that, it was suggested to me that those were just default media (and it's a valid point; I didn't even consider using any other way of making art last year with few exceptions). At the same time, I'm not sure what I would want to use if I were to move into 3D media, and I still need to figure out my content since I feel like the issue I've been making art about, while important, is becoming almost redundant in my art. (I may come back to it later once I've given it a break; time will tell.) Hopefully I figure all that out soon!
Very, very late (I'm not even in this class anymore!), but here it is! Considering my piece was fairly rushed (since I didn't realize we had one last project), I think it turned out nicely. The piece depicts the abandoned body of a sexual assault victim in the darkness (either of night or a dark room; both fit the content). The piece is meant to point out the almost casual rapes that seem to happen a lot in college (or at least that is what my college books make it out to be) - girl walks alone at night/drinks something sketchy/does something else that should be innocent, girl is assaulted, girl is abandoned as if she has served her purpose and is no longer needed to satisfy anyone.
While my summer project (post coming soon) fits my content, I am beginning to feel stifled by my content. I am definitely still passionate about this issue, but I may move on to a new content under the massive umbrella of feminist issues. A new project is due in a month or so, and I will have to see what happens there. |
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