| January
15, 2005
Here's
another pop-art piece in the models series. I have to say it holds
up pretty well; solid, confident use of color. The whole piece resembles
a faded photograph. The title is taken from John Lennon's song on
the White Album.
Still,
you could make a kind of Photoshop fashion mag style from these
pieces if you really tried. I was certainly trying to apply what
I was learning from Warhol, and I think you could create something
of a modern-day pop style. It's something to mull over, at least.
In
other words, yes, this does involve talent. A lot of it. If you
think you can do better, then let's see you try.
Consider,
for a moment, the titles. Why are the Model Portraits given proper
names for titles? This isn't something that is normally done, especially
with anything remotely abstract. I deliberately avoided that cliche;
rejected it.
This
isn't just a body, a thing. It's a person. Julia. That
makes an enormous difference to me; these are people who are loved,
accepted. Their beauty, their sexuality should be celebrated, not
shunned as some form of corporate manipulation, gender exploitation,
or college boy fantasy. This is one of the nearly infinite facets
of womanhood, and it should be faced head on. And that's why I gave
them names. |
