Exam evaluation: Word and Image -- A* - page 4
Keywords: exam evaluation sexism feminism sexist feminist art word and image
By georgie1 on 31/12/2009
Level: GCSE Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
Page Number: 4 of 7 pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
of naked women in the public eye. I took a famous of image of Demi Moore posing nude whilst pregnant on the cover of a fashion magazine, and positioned it on a page in contrast to an image of Holly Madison (Hugh Hefner’s #1 girlfriend) posing nude on the cover of an adult magazine. I created this page in order to see how people felt about exposure and exploitation of women, and took what I found and used it to understand how modern girls feel about femininity/sexism. I asked some of my friends what they thought of each of the images and the general consensus was that Demi Moore looked elegant, yet had exploited the rights of her child and almost devalued pregnancy. However, it was felt that the photo of Holly Madison exploited all women, and devalued feminine privacy. Effectively, the photo of Demi Moore was a representation of femininity and the photo of Holly Madison was sexist towards women.
I took all of my preparatory work so far and began to create four different ideas for a final piece influenced by feminism and sexism, incorporating word and image, and the perception of characters. The first was a self portrait using chalk and charcoal, with a banner or words covering my eyes. These words were descriptions that my friends gave about me, and I chose to position them over my eyes, because this is known as the ‘window to the soul’. By blocking out the eyes, my face could only be described by the words and therefore my personality can only be perceived by how other people see me, and not by my facial expression. By using chalk and charcoal I could create a clear differentiation between skin tone and hair fibres, and also created the idea of a dark and light side to my character. The second idea that I produced was a biro drawing of a newly married couple with the question ‘How long will this EUPHORIA last?’ written above the image in watercolour. I wanted this to be a representation of the unity of the sexes and for the image to appear happy. However, similar to Barbara Kruger’s work, I used an ironic question that most people do not usually think of at the moment. I wrote the text in a weak watercolour to contrast with the strong question. The third idea that I created was
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