We got assigned a project called "Shocking art" this past week. It is supposed to be a 3D piece that is controversial or "shocking." I've been struggling with different ideas and images but i have come down to a couple topics. the first one is young love. like way-too-young love. i have a couple sketches and ideas for materials. the first is a sculpture of a boy and a girl kissing. a boy and a girl that are like 10-12 years old. the boy would be made out of/covered in condom wrappers and/or cigarette boxes to show his influence and drive to becoming so sexual at a young age....which is his desire to be "cool." the girl would be wrapped in magazine ads from cosmo, seventeen, playboy etc. to show her influence from the media and from other these other "sexy" things which created her desire to be hot and sexy. this is one idea to present the idea of kids growing up too fast these days. the only thing thats stopping me from doing that is that im wondering what i would make the sculpture out of (underneath the magazine ads, condoms, etc.) and also, it might be difficult to show their age.
Another topic im considering is the idea in psychology that children have a kind of unspoken secret sexual attraction to their parent of the opposite sex. so the piece would be a sculpture of a woman breast feeding her 1-year old son, and her sons hand is fondling her other breast while feeding from the other. a couple things I'm not sure about for this idea is...will it be school-appropriate? (a really annoying obstacle,) and....what will i make it out of. i have never tried making figures out of clay before but my only problem with that is that it is due on the 30th so that may not be enough time to make it out of clay. i think the 2nd idea is my favorite though. give me feedback!!!
i really like your first idea. the one about how kids fall in love too young.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE you "young love" idea.... I would suggest maybe making the actual sculptures themselves out of wire? If you want more of a solid, uniform shape you could cover the wire structure with plaster or some kind of paper mache material. Lexie does stuff like that. You should talk to her! Also, I don't think it is necessarily that important to show that they are young. I feel like people struggle with things like this later in life as well. but GREAT IDEA!! i can't wait to see how things work out :)
ReplyDeletethanks! I went with the "young" aspect of it i guess, but i went a different direction with it. thanks for the feedback though :D
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