Selfportraits, an exercise
Self portraits are wonderfully cathartic, probably why van Gogh did so many of them, Rembrandt too. It is amazing how it affects the artist. This one I did in 2002, in a particularly nasty emotional state. I'd like to see how the rest of you see yourselves.
aletta
posted by aletta @ 2:58 AM
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Self portraiture is incredibly therepeutic Aletta and I am intrigued by this set. Have you ever had a look at how I have done self portraiture using mannequins?
http://www.outbackonline.net/soulfoodcafe/Armoury.htm
I have depicted myself differently using three different mannequins. I have represented myself as an Amazonian Warrior; a Raven Queen and as Brigit the goddess who presided over creativity. Clearly humility is not one of my strengths. :-)
I will have a look, sounds intriguing.
I've had a look and thoe are quite marvelous. Just how exactly does one go about sourcing a mannequin? some years ago I had one half (the bottom) of a mannequin, which I used as a planter in my dance studio.
I am not sure about Canada but here in Melbourne there are stores that sell store mannequins. I buy through a crowd called Oswald Sealy and a mannequin like this costs about $15 AUS. I am currently running a project with a group of women using pregnant mannequins. The idea is to explore creative birthing - seeing a new project from seed to completion. I also plan to do a project with Grade 6 students using child forms and we will pack up their childhood before moving off to Secondary School.
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