For this project about diversity and its role in your life and art I decided to reflect upon my everyday surroundings. I live on sorority row and go to college parties where the common poster is not very enlightening. Actually I find the majority of college posters, mainly of half naked woman rather offensive and inhibiters of gender and racial diversity. For this project I began researching vintage posters and found particular interest in the Pin-Up posters of the 20's. Nudity and porn are considered taboo or a human behavior that faces unwritten social constraints. The pin up girl is a model whose picture is mass produced as a sex symbol. During this period there is little multiculturism found in these images as the majority of the models are pop culture icons and the stereotypical- white blondes.
In my work criticize this taboo genre of posters and the images that decrease diversity and are sexist towards woman. These pin up posters treat woman as sexual objects and do not show any sensitivity to the actual people they are. As a white dirty-blonde female living in a highly sexist environment, I feel that I am often stereotyped and treated as a sexual object. The use of woman in this manner for posters and advertisements encourages this cultural way of thinking. Through a pin-up self portrait and satirical text I hope to stop consumers in a state of lust and think twice about what they are looking at, what they encourage, and what they choose to indulge in every day. “The trivialization and objectification of women in this way has led to a large extent to minor and major sex crimes such as rape and coercion to have sex. Harassment and traditional views of sex roles are also a consequence of the deliberately degrading function of stereotypical images in pornographic material.” Through my art work I hope to raise more awareness of the harmful effects of this cultural taboo that is becoming more and more acceptable in a way that attracts the target audience and makes them think again about what they are really looking at.
2 comments:
The imagery in the second one ("Sister") seems more unified. The text in the shapes is stronger now that it's bigger/colored, but the text might need a little more air/breathing space inside of the shape.
The colors in the first one could use some tweaking or modulating (I'm not sure how it prints) to make the color relationships a little more subtle. That might make the benday dots look a little more natural on the shading in the dress?
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