Margaret bowland artist statement sample
Artist statement!
I have long been fascinated, as a woman, at how much we must disguise ourselves to be attractive.
Margaret bowland artist statement sample
Do we then have a clue as to what we really look like or who we really are?
When Velasquez painted his masterpiece, “Las Meninas”, the center of the painting shows a blond child being offered a terra cotta vial by a lady in waiting prostrate at her feet.
That vial contained a “whitening solution”. Why was this the moment Velasquez chose to depict? He is painting a child who embodies the ambitions of other people’s projections in the royal court.
Painting on skin is by intent a metaphor to expose basic questions of self-identity, which all people undergo internally as a part of the maturation process.It is also reflective of the last 500 years of global cultures, who sought to cover their women in make-up, powders, paints, even mud.This painting’ on skin dates from ancient times to the fashion houses of Paris, New York and Los A