Metamorphosis

Which artists Did I contextualise to do my Performance?

After a few tutorials with teachers, I did research on which artists I could have as a reference for inspiration and contextualise issues related women’s domestic Violence. My search was in two artists:

After a few tutorials with teachers, I did research on which artists I could have as a reference for inspiration and contextualise issues related women’s domestic Violence. My search was in two artists:

-Nan Goldin: Nan’s scene evokes pain and it is emphasised by her standard photographic technique of heavy flash and strong colours. Nan’s lipstick can also be seen as an act of defiance. She said: “ I wanted it to be about every man and every relationship and the potential of violence in every relationship.” Nan’s intentions are admirable; if her self-portrait can speak to people affected by domestic violence then maybe something can be done to inspire people to take action. “I often fear that men and women are irrevocably strangers to each other, irreconcilably unsuited, almost as if they were from different planets. But there is an intense need for coupling in spite of it all.” Even if relationships are destructive, people cling together … The tension this creates seems to be a universal problem: the struggle between autonomy and dependency. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency begins and ends with this premise … I’m trying to figure out what makes coupling so difficult.”

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/nan-goldin-2649
I chose Nan Goldin by the way she showed awareness of violence through her self-portrait, so I inspired to do the makeup. If your self-portrait can talk to people about violence and its strong red lipstick and can be seen as a challenge, so I think my performance as a whole, can also talk to the people affected and transmit consciousness to others.

Cindy Sherman: Is an artist known for her conceptual self-portraits in various scenarios that parody stereotypes of women The panoply (range) of characters and settings (and scenarios) is drawn from sources of popular culture: old movies, television soaps (manufacturers) and pulp magazines, with Sherman pictures on paper some idols of TV and movies.
Her mood early work ranges from quiet introspection to provocative sensuality. In the early 1990s made sharp caricatures of characters depicted through art history, appearing as a grotesque creature in period costume. His approach is an ironic message that creation is impossible without the use of prototypes; identity lies in appearance and not in reality. In this, the artist assimilated while maintaining a critical, visual tyranny of television, advertising, and magazines. Through a number of different works, Sherman has raised (up) challenging and important questions about the role and representation of women in society.

Sherman by her self-portrait in photographs took her to worry about the role of women in society. I also used my self-portrait to explore the theme of violence with makeup to use in Lens Based Media.

Self–portraits form part of my painting practice by use strong and vibrant colours in my paintings; it was the influence of living in the warm climate of Brazil too. In most of my performances I also make use of my physical body, I do not represent myself, I am only an instrument in raising issues and awareness.