Studio tutorial with BN.. The research & reference rabbit hole
Spoke to BN about intentions. They feel cohesive now and I have a solid idea to explore in order to make a body of work
I've focused on an area - female rage - that speaks of other research areas but is relatable to audiences and gives me some focus. I'd discussed this with my daughter and the conversation drew on various areas of my research but the focus - was a relatable impetus for the conversation to start.
I intend to draw from contemporary film and news to make portraits and curate them similarly to how Marlene Dumas might show her portraits (rejects for example)
Female rage doesn't have to look angry - referred to Doreen Lawrence. She's determined and relentless at holding people to account. A contradiction to the painting - no woman no cry
A painting that speaks of sorrow and grief - but doesn't reflect Doreen Lawrence as the determined campaigner for change that she is
Often women are painted as victims - so these portraits are indended to show women as powerful, raging, determined, - curated together, I'm intending them to be a collective force of nature. Victors.
BN referenced the image that was edited with AI by the whitehouse of a female protestor. She'd been defiant in the orignal image but they'd made her cry in the image that they released.
Marianne Bachmeier shot the person who raped and murdered her 7 year old daughter in the court room.
Film: Christo Rey, depicts a woman brandishing a machete against a police officer to protect her child.
not sure about this one...but the expression is suitably pissed..
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