Week Six

Lens-Based Artists:

1.) Peter Yumi
     http://peteryumi.com/

Peter Yumi is a Colorado based collage artist. He uses photographs on women as well as food to create collages. I found his work interesting because I like how he takes 2-D objects (photographs) and combines it with 3D objects (sculpture). His work also says a lot about the objectification of women by comparing it to something that we consume.

2.) Jill Greenberg
     http://www.jillgreenberg.com/

Jill Greenberg is an American artist. I am focusing on her body of work entitled “Glass Ceiling” because it closely relates to the work I am interested in. In this body of work, Greenberg completely decapitates her subjects, and removes their identities. The subjects (women) fit in with society’s definition of “beauty”. I really like this work because it shows the flaws of feminism and takes a stand against society’s idea of beauty.

3.) debbrown54
     http://www.flickr.com/photos/36505717@N05/4436807264/

The other day, I found this collage on Flickr. This collage is entitled “Flora, Roman goddess of spring arrives”. This work relates to what I want to do, because I want to take the Roman goddesses and incorporate them into my collage sculptures. This collage was really well done; the artist successfully incorporated symbolism into their collage (something that I am striving for).

Non-Lens-Based Artists:

This week I decided to look at paintings. The three paintings below I looked at because I wanted to start thinking about which paintings I am going to reference with my sculptures. I would like to keep them strictly Roman goddesses for consistency.

1.) Justita: Roman goddess of Justice
     http://www.howarddavidjohnson.com/mythic-women.htm

Justita is the Roman goddess of justice. I am interested in this painting because of what she is holding. I would like to somehow incorporate props with my collages when I begin the sculpture process.

2.) Selene/Luna: Roman goddess of the moon
     http://www.pwgart.com/2009/07/artist-peter-nixons-goddesses-of-moon.html

Selene/Luna is the Roman goddess of the moon. I particularly like this painting because of the way Selene is positioned. With these paintings, I am not only looking for props and backgrounds, but I am also looking for how the positioning of the goddesses resemble exotic dancers.

3.) Juno: Roman goddess of light/queen of the gods and goddesses
     http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/hera/hera-paintings.php

Juno is the Roman goddess of light. She is also the queen of the gods and goddesses. I like this painting because she has an interesting interaction between the other characters in the painting. Interactions between the sculptures is something I also plan to explore for this project.