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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Models: Lily Donaldson, Kinga Rajzak, & Guinevere Van Seenus
Vogue Paris October 2007
Photography by Steven Klein
I like this series of photoshots from Vogue Magazine. Unlike any other magazine photoshots, these photos do not depict how wonderful or goegeous those models are, but instead, they show us the twisted, decadent lives of the models behind the runway. Ironically, the models who are posing for these photos are also well known and skinny, like Lily Donaldson, and are most likely to fit into this stereotype.
The first photo shows a model entering the supermarket on the wheelchair. This is trying to suggest that their legs are so presious that they should be used only when are are paid for, like catwalks on the runway. Walking is too much exercise and energy wasting for them, since they do not really eat, as suggested by the 2nd and 3rd pictures. They last picture shows that the models are giving unfriendly glare to the camera, which interprets:
"Skinny goddesses who look better than you any day, that's us."
The colours used are very cold, mostly blue and green. This is trying to depict how un-humanly they from our point of view are; and how they are different from people like us from theirs. The pale and overly painted faces also suggest that everything negative of theirs is hidden under the glamorous masks which every girls wanted so much.
The clothes that the models are wearing are very silimar to the background in terms of colours and tones. This may suggest that the models are just like the grocery products at the supermarket. They, (both the products and models) are packaged nicely on the outside to grab attentions from the people so that they would buy them (the grocery, designer products).
The subject matters may be exaggerated, but i think this is done to stand out the theme of the photoshots. The ironicalness, using models to critise models, is interesting and attention grabbing. It makes people who read Vogue magazine (who are fashion concious) to double think if they are one of the fashion victims who worships the glorified models.
Vogue Paris October 2007
Photography by Steven Klein
I like this series of photoshots from Vogue Magazine. Unlike any other magazine photoshots, these photos do not depict how wonderful or goegeous those models are, but instead, they show us the twisted, decadent lives of the models behind the runway. Ironically, the models who are posing for these photos are also well known and skinny, like Lily Donaldson, and are most likely to fit into this stereotype.
The first photo shows a model entering the supermarket on the wheelchair. This is trying to suggest that their legs are so presious that they should be used only when are are paid for, like catwalks on the runway. Walking is too much exercise and energy wasting for them, since they do not really eat, as suggested by the 2nd and 3rd pictures. They last picture shows that the models are giving unfriendly glare to the camera, which interprets:
"Skinny goddesses who look better than you any day, that's us."
The colours used are very cold, mostly blue and green. This is trying to depict how un-humanly they from our point of view are; and how they are different from people like us from theirs. The pale and overly painted faces also suggest that everything negative of theirs is hidden under the glamorous masks which every girls wanted so much.
The clothes that the models are wearing are very silimar to the background in terms of colours and tones. This may suggest that the models are just like the grocery products at the supermarket. They, (both the products and models) are packaged nicely on the outside to grab attentions from the people so that they would buy them (the grocery, designer products).
The subject matters may be exaggerated, but i think this is done to stand out the theme of the photoshots. The ironicalness, using models to critise models, is interesting and attention grabbing. It makes people who read Vogue magazine (who are fashion concious) to double think if they are one of the fashion victims who worships the glorified models.
The East Coast Vendor by Georgette Chen
In the foreground, the subject matter portrays the happy locals living along the coastline. The mother and her two daughters are wearing traditional attires, the baju kurung. The background consists of the beach, the sea and few fishing boats. The orangy sky and the direction of the boat, sailing towards the shore, tell us that it is in the evening where the sun sets.
The colours used are warm and bright, mainly red and orange. The colours are flat. Outlines are thick, obvious and drawn with earth tone colours like brown and red. The texture is a little bit like impressionist, the effect created is like ripples on the canvas. It makes the painting look like water colored. The brushstrokes are clear with depth of colours.
The painting tells us the relationship between the natives' lives and the sea. The sea is the place providing them with resources like food and incomes, thus their lives are very much dependent to the sea. The relationship between the mother and her daughters are close. The basket supported on the mother's head symbolizes that their lives are supported by their hard work and the smile on their faces tell us that they are contented with their simple life.
The painting is not effective in portraying the life in Southeast Asia because it does not show all the aspect of their life. And also, the picture portrays only females. However, on the other hand the painting is able to portray clearly how the people dress, where they live and what they live off. Hence, the effectiveness of this work in portraying life in Southeast Asia to a certain extent only.
Feng Zhengjie Primary Colours exhibition
Feng Zhengjie is most well known with his huge portraits of people. The people he drawn includes his parents, himself, Chinese celebrities like sammy zheng xiu wen, and etc.The people in the portraits are painted only with 3 colours, like turquoise, maroon and white. The brush stokes are well defined, you could not even see any clear brushstrokes from far, so it makes it look like printed on giant poster instead of a painting. The artists explained the application of brushstroke as to hide the ugliness within the inner person and to create the artificial perfections, which people normally would like to see, as an contrast. The eyes of the subject matters are looking at different directions, and this is explained as dong zhang xi wang in Chinese. The background of the paintings is always contrasting with the foreground, and the outlines of the people in the portraits are always blended with white into the background.
Another collection of Feng Zhengjie's painting is about the traditional chinese wedding ceremony. The paintings gave me a creepy feeling. The colours used are dark red, yellow and green. The facial expression, smiling, of the couple in the painting looks very unnatural, as if they are forced to do so.
Feng Zhengjie is described as the chinese Andy Warhol but i think his style is not really pop art. I personally do not like his style because it makes me feel uncomfortable looking at them, maybe this is what the artist wanted to achieve?