In this section of chapter 1 there is a French, multimedia-performance artist Orlan who literally went under the knife to discuss what is ideal body of women (59). She based her reconstructive surgery on chin of Botticelli’a Venus and the nose of Psyche, by Gèrard’s Le Premier Baiser de l’Amour à Psyche. Which made me think of Kardashians and there influence on young viewers. Although, Orlan is agrueing past beauty and using plastic surgery to recreate it. Similar to Kardashians specifically Kylie Jenner who got lip injections at young age. And don’t get me wrong I am all for body positivity if you really do not some parts of your body, by all means change if that makes you happy to extent. I draw the line for young 18 year old that want to change their bodies for the sake of fitting in to society because you are not beautiful. I think young women especially are targeted by music, fashion, tv, and reality that if they do not have big butt, big lips, skinny but not too skinny, or fit but not too fit. Because women are not individuals that have unique characteristics that society says are beautiful. But one trip to plastic land and you are fixed.
I decided to do this theme because that is what I’m constantly hearing all day for the past weeks. So why not make some art of this situation. The poster colors China flags withing the spray is where it was started. And I changed the mask into a dis-morphed United states flag. Using a very generic Asian face from the internet because people are freaking about or reacting in racial profiling manor. And calling this virus what is and that is a racist virus. And I chose to use a disinfecting spray because people are buying large amounts of this. And it also references to how some Americans view Asian people as zombies, pests, or the cause of reason for the spread of this virus. Which is far from the truth.
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