My inspiration for my collage came from seeing the works of all three artists, Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Wangechi Mutu. I was also inspired by the fact that it is Women’s History month in March and wanted to incorporate that into my collage with a slight twist. Yes, I wanted to include objects that make up a strong woman, but I also wanted to include things that specifically make me an empowered woman. I included things that build me up, such as my dog, my sister, hobbies that I enjoy, as well as words that I feel describe me.
When taking a look at my collage, I really wanted each thing to have some sort of meaning. The cartoon-like bright posts were inspired by Andy Warhol’s art style, the sunflower’s that I distributed throughout the collage were inspired by Wangechi form of style. Her form of style gives off happiness and is very feminine. Whenever I look at her work, I cannot help but think about how it reminds me of flowers. I also decided to paint the background of my canvas pink so that her form of work could shine through some more. As for Michel Basquiat, I wanted my title to really stand out, so I decided to do graffiti letters for it.
Lastly, I decided to use washy tape to hold up my pictures as opposed to gluing them onto my canvas because the tape has a really big significance in all of this. I wanted the audience to see the tape holding my pictures, because I feel like sometimes we look at what is really holding art up and we might label it as looking “messy” or we would prefer to not see the glue so that it gives it a cleaner look. But, when I talk about being an empowered woman and being strong, I never deny the fact that I have my “weak” moments. It is because of everything that I included in my collage that I am the strong woman I am today, and it is holding me together. The tape also signifies flaws and imperfection which I am not trying to hide.
4 Quotes
“The one thing that’s always missing — I think it’s part of the trauma — is the personal element. My parents don’t often talk about their experiences in terms of how it made them feel”
This quote made me realize just how much the aftermath of trauma is overlooked. I think it’s important for us and our parents to talk about such experiences to finally move forward and heal.
““The work of these women is immense. The regard for them is not.”
When reading this I was reminded how little recognition women would get and how some those unfair treatments are still seen today.
“We are increasingly self-conscious and alert to how others are looking at us”
I relate to this a lot because for the longest time I cared more about the way in which others saw me more than the way that I saw myself. Over the course of years, I have moved away from this unhealthy mindset and starting to love myself more and uplift myself as opposed to tear myself down.
“The well-mannered individual should not laugh too loudly, should not scratch, or sit with their legs splayed out, neither should individuals clean their teeth with a knife, nor cough when others are speaking."
Going back to my other reaction, I feel like we are told to act a certain way or judged to harshly simply for being human which causes us to become self-conscious.
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