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“This is what a Disney Princess could look like”
This was interesting because when I first saw the challenge my thoughts were, “Oh, that’s a really nice idea but hey let’s face it- I’m not Disney princess material.”
Oh, wait I get it now.
That’s exactly what I’ve been led to believe after growing up and having zero Disney princesses/females that look/act like me.
I want a multi-racial american queer princess who cut her hair short because she wanted to! I want a princess whose neck and head aren’t larger than her waist. Yeah, she can have big boobs but can’t the rest of her body match as well? Why not 130 lbs? Why not 180 lbs? She should have visible hair on her arms and she doesn’t mind!
She wears pants, shorts, skirts and dresses because she wants to. Just because she likes to wear dark colors doesn’t mean that she is supposed to be a bad character! She loves that she’s a woman but doesn’t have to adhere to the gender roles established by the time she lives in. :)
For the past 7 months, I’ve been organizing the group exhibition Mythologies, which opens tomorrow (Friday the 7th). It all began as an idea amongst my friends and fellow members of Black at SAIC, of which I am the co-chair. When discussing our work with each other, we began to see that many topics considered passé by the art world (identity politics, feminism, collectivism, historical revision) are of particular interest to many of us, as young emerging artists of color. Apparently, not everyone has bought into the high modernism white-cubing of contemporary art nor the post-black agenda, and we immediately set about finding a space to recognize and celebrate that. Next semester, we hope to program more events that expand upon our collective efforts.
Mythologies: Challenging “Otherness ” and Other Tropes of American Pop Culture
Curated by Rashayla Marie Brown
Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State St., 7th floor, Chicago, IL
Reception: Friday, December 7, 4:30 –7:00 p.m.
Exhibition open from December 7 –January 4
This exhibition explores the work of artists compelled to locate themselves within the identity-based mythologies of popular culture and mass media. Including a range of references as broad as Trayvon Martin and Malcolm X to cheerleading squads and movie trailers, Mythologies navigates the vernacular of pop iconography in a variety of media including photo, video, painting, and fibers. Mythologies was organized through a jury selection process initiated by current students at the School of the Art Institute.
Jury: James Britt, Simone Jelics (Co-organizer), Shahrazad Shareef
Artists: David Alekhuogie, Rashayla Marie Brown, Alexandria Eregbu, Christina A. Long, Hannah Rodriguez, Cameron Welch
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Courbet vs. Orlan
The Origin of the World (1866)
The Origin of War (1989)
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Instructional post.
Problem: Once you set a gender on your Facebook profile, you can’t reset it to neutral. Although you can choose to hide your gender from your info page, it still appears when referencing you, as in “X changed his profile picture”.
Solution: As seen…
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This weekend my friends and I spent a particularly touristy day in the city, which involved a trip to Rockefeller center. As we approached the plaza, we passed some familiar red awnings that indicate the mecca a of our childhoods, and were struck by a wave of nostalgia. That’s right,…
Check out my Googly Eyed Vaginas!
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