As a start for my Contextual and Critical Studies I had to answer the following questions with support from selected reading. I wanted to share my response with you. What is the role of reading (or doing) “theory” for you? How do you (want to) talk & write about art & design? Reading and theory is the basis of knowledge […]
The sculpture pieces titled ‘Piss Flowers’ by Helen Chadwick created in 1991 to 1992 is a series of casts that even though created through a thought-out process, are a product of chance and lack of control. They created the initial shapes by using the natural act of ‘pissing’ in snow. This is not something that can be completely controlled as […]
Pauline Boty created ‘It’s A Mans’ World II’ between 1964 and 1965 at a time where feminism was rising back up to fight for equality within representation in society. Boty presents the divide between the genders within the collage with a black line separating two sections each summing up the importance of the sex within society. On the left panel […]