FMP

Final piece

This is the result of my lino printings. I printed them onto some handmade paper I bought because I liked the texture and unfinishedness of them. I thought about just concentrating on one print but I like the effect of the four together, it helps symbolise that it's a prevalent problem that woman are often not deemed as important. It's not something that just happens to a few women it happens to us all, less so now than in the past but there are still countless stories of women not being listened to or believed.

I wanted to use bright colours from the start of this project. I decided to use the colours I have because of the association and emotions attached to them. Red and orange signify anger (at not being heard, not having the same voice as men), pink is a typically "feminine" colour and so is blue considered "masculine" I used these two colours together to almost blend the two worlds. There shouldn't be a divide between what is considered masculine or feminine. It causes more differences and less acceptance of each other.

I realised the patterns against make it seem like the figure is caught in a web which is quite fitting. It could be interpreted that the woman (fly) is the prey for the man (spider). That the patriarchy has long had women caught up in it and made powerless.

finished lino.

I took my inspiration from the newspaper cut out I did. I loved the use of patterns and decided to use it as a background for this figure. The pattern almost makes it look like the figure is trapped in fire or water which is especially apparent in the lino prints which I will post on here. A lot of my art during this project has also been quite simplistic and very shape oriented and this piece very much follows that. It's a mixture of practices and methods I have tried.

My aim for this was to show what it is like when women's voices are taken from them. The figure is trapped in this box which symbolises how women's voices are kind of tucked away or not listened to. It can be frustrating and it can feel futile to even try and speak up.

Artists commenting on the climate and social aspect of it all. These particularly highlight the oppression in China where it all began.

Artists are not only producing more work but adapting. Online galleries are becoming more prominent, as seen in the article below. This mirrors my own work which has moved more on to this blog since leaving college. Artists are showcasing their art through websites in placement of exhibitions in galleries. I am understanding the necessity to adapt and problem solve as an artist and how community based the art world is. The coronavirus is a common subject the whole world has in common right now so it makes sense now more than ever for artists to come together and produce art we relate to. Artists normally would be drawing something with a message or feeling they want to get across. Every message would vary and not everyone would be able to relate and understand. But with the subject being something we’re ALL going through simultaneously when art is produced around it everyone can relate and understand it.

illustrators reactions to the coronavirus. They are using their fear, sense of uncertainty, and isolation to produce work. They’re illustrating how they feel and what they are seeing and giving an outlet to it. I think this is so interesting. This crisis is terrible in many ways yet it has artists still producing beautiful works of art in response to it. Art that many of us can relate to right now.

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29th March

26th March

More digital art experimenting.

I took inspiration from the dust cover from the Invisible Women book. It's a simple, bold design.

Started drawing some of the women from the slam poetry videos but decided it wasn't capturing the emotions I wanted it too. Felt a bit bland. So i tried drawing an angry expression one of them were making but didn't like how it was turning out so just out of curiosity tried doing gesture drawings of the same speaker layered on top of one another. It turned into this spindly multi-armed thing which I liked snd definitely thought it captured the emotion more. She moved her hands around a lot when she was talking so I was able to get lots of different movements, some angry and accusing and some sad and depleted-looking.