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Museum Entrance
“ T o T h y O w n S e l f , B e T r u e . ”
C U R A T O R +
C R E D I T S
I n a s o c i e t y c o n s u m e d w i t h P h o t o s h o p a n d m e d i a m a n i p u l a t i o n , i t i s e a s y f o r o n e t o l o s e s e l f - i m a g e . T e l e v i s i o n , m a g a z i n e s , a n d t h e I n t e r n e t s h o w h o w p e o p l e a r e s u p p o s e d t o l o o k a n d g i v e s o c i e t y a n i m a g e o f t h e “ p e r f e c t ” m a l e o r f e m a l e . M u l t i p l e f o r m s o f m e d i a p o s s e s s t h e m i n d s o f m a n y
t e e n s a n d h e l p t o c r e a t e a g e n e r a t i o n f u l l o f i n s e c u r e h u m a n b e i n g s . S o c i e t y i s l o s i n g c o n f i d e n c e a n d p u t t i n g f a i t h i n t o f a l s e a d v e r t i s e m e n t .
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C l i c k o n a r r o w s t o v i s i t r o o m s R O O M 1R O O M 2
R O O M 3
Room 1
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Room 2
M U S E U M
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Room 3
M U S E U M
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“ T o T h y O w n S e l f , B e T r u e . ”
In a society consumed with Photoshop
and media manipulation, it is easy for one to lose self-image. Television, magazines, and the Internet show how people are supposed to look and give society an image of the “perfect” male or female. Multiple forms of media possess the minds of many teens and help to create a generation full of insecure human beings. Society is losing confidence and putting faith into false advertisement.
This false advertisement has photo
shopped celebrities and images on busses, posters, and billboards. These advertisements are distorted images that have been altered to the point where the beauty in simplicity no longer exists. Models are cropped to be 20 lbs. less than their actual weight, and older male and females are being altered to look younger than their realistic age. Society trusts this false advertisement and feels inspired to change who they truly are.
Many individuals are subjected to this
controlled society in high school and grade school. Most schools try to give students the opportunity to be
themselves, but they put limitations on their creativity by giving regulations on certain ways to act or dress. Due to this, many children move toward adolescence with confusion of who they truly want to be. Individuals begin to lose their self-image and self-meaning at a young age.
In the art world today, artists new and
old are creating artwork related to this common issue. These artists break free from this controlled society in their artwork. Andy Warhol is one of the major artists that paved way for other artists to enter the advertising art world. Artists like Cindy Sherman, Marina Abramovic, Chuck Close, and Martin Grohs, create artwork showing the reality of individuals in society. These artists are depicting the beauty in their subject matter as they truly are. They are not photo shopping their subjects to be super skinny or have flawless features. These artists are emphasizing on the simplicity of one being who they are. Pop art and modern artists have their own funky and unique styles to show who they really are and not who they are trying to be. For example, Cindy Sherman creates an infinite amount of self-portraits. Her images are altered, but only to show her as the
different personalities she portrays. In Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills she has one portrait of herself dressed up as a clown. In these clown images sometimes she is smiling, but in other images she is serious; which helps the audience focus more on the artist personality and inspire them to embrace their own unique personalities.
When I think of these pop art and
modern artists I think of an old quote by Shakespeare: “To thy own self, be true”. This quote is the theme for this curatorial project. Society needs to be inspired by pop art artist to be who they are and not lose sense of meaning. Andy Warhol once said “I’m afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all meaning”. This quote relates toward the way society looks upon individuals. The more media consumes this society with false images of what actions or fashion is right or wrong, the more we begin to lose ourselves and who we truly are. These artists are showing their inner personality and the beauty in being themselves. Pop art and modern artists are filling society with confidence and a sense of security.
R e t u r n t o L o b b y
C i n d y S h e r m a n
M a c C o l l e c t i o n
L o o k # 1
Artist: Cindy Sherman
Date: September 29, 2011
Media: Photograph
Mac cosmetics decided to have Sherman
model for their fall collection. Sherman’s
work particularly explores the way women
are portrayed in society. Sherman uses
makeup as a tool for transformation,
similar to all women in society. Makeup is
a way for females to hid the flaws or spots
of insecurity. Sherman not only shows
herself transformed with makeup but
creates a different persona with each
portrait.
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R e t u r n t o R o o m
C i n d y S h e r m a n
M a c C o l l e c t i o n
L o o k # 2
Artist: Cindy Sherman
Date: September 29, 2011
Media: Photograph
Besides campaigning for Mac Cosmetics, Sherman has campaigned for Balenciaga and Marc Jacobs. With each one of her collections, Sherman continues to keep herself as the main subject matter. This American artist is known to be the queen of cosmetic disguise. Mac’s goal for this collaboration was to motivate consumers to be their inner artist and create risk taking styles.
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R e t u r n t o R o o m
C i n d y S h e r m a n
M a c C o l l e c t i o n
L o o k # 3
Artist: Cindy Sherman
Date: September 29, 2011
Media: Photograph
Sherman portrays the power of
transformation in all her portraits.
Sherman’s goal for her collaboration with
Mac was to persuade customers to be
bold when expressing themselves. Mac
and Sherman both team up to inspire
cosmetic consumers and the rest of
society to be fearless in all that they do,
rather artistically or not.
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R e t u r n t o R o o m
U n t i t l e d # 4 0 2
Artist: Cindy Sherman
Date: 2000
Media: Photograph
Size: 36 x 24in
Sherman’s portraits become narratives.
Many of the characters in her Untitled Film
Stills relate to her close family members.
Some images were hard for Sherman to
work on due to recent deaths in the
family. The different roles Sherman plays
relate to the families of the viewers as well
which is an amazing quality in her work.
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R o o m
H o l d i n g t h e
L a m b
Artist: Marina Abramovic
Date: 2010
Media: Photograph
Size:160 x 200cm
Belgrade, Serbia born artist Marina
Abramovic pushes the boundaries in all
her performance art. Abramovic’s art
displays self-control and will power. The
portrait of Abramovic holding a lamb over
her head with a dramatic background
represents her connection with nature and
her surrounding environment. Abramovic
represents life and nature in her work. This
portrait also shows Abramovic’s inner
strength as she holds the animal over her
head. She expresses her independence
and her sustenance.
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R o o m
T h e F a m i l y X I
Artist: Marina Abramovic
Date: 2008
Media: Photograph
Size:180 x 225cm
Known as the art world diva, Marina has
been international with her artwork for the
past 30 years. A lot of her work portrays her
physical, emotional, and mental strength.
The Family XI has a personal meaning to
Abramovic. Growing up during the war,
her parents were always in uniform and
had weapons near by at all times. This
photograph is startling to audiences but
once the photograph is viewed with the
series of images it is easy to understand
Marina’s story.
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R e t u r n t o R o o m
A r t i s t P o r t r a i t
w i t h a R o s e
Artist: Marina Abramovic
Date: 2013
Media: Photograph
Size: 70 x 70cm
Marina is interested in the simplicity of
earth and nature and portrays it in her
artwork. The photograph she has with a
rose shows how Marina is simple and
secure with nature. Abramovic is also
interested in death as well and stressed
her age in some of her work. Marina is
showing herself as a healthy flower and still
creating performance art.
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R o o m
V o g u e I t a l y
C o v e r
Artist: Marina Abramovic
Date: 2010
Media: Photograph
Marina Abramovic’s body has always
been the center of all her work. Most of
her work is rather her clothed, naked,
tense, relaxed, or in a violated state. A lot
of Marina’s work challenges the limits of
the body and many consider her art
Feminist. Abramovic’s is very comfortable
with her body and continues to transform
her knowledge about sexuality into her
work. This particular images was issued in
Vogue Italy. Marina was interviewed on
her work and how risky and provocative
her work is.
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R o o m
A m e n
Artist: Martin Grohs
Date: 2014
Media: New Media, Photoshop
Size: 60x40cm
Martin Grohs is a creative director and
illustrator from Leipzig, Germany. Amen
was been created to show how
concerned society is with their smart
phones and new technology. The world if
changing constantly and Grohs shows in
this image how our generation pays such
little mind to all the changes. Amen was
created to inspire this generation, and
upcoming generations that the world is
changing and we should look up and
realize it.
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R o o m
B i g N u d e
Artist: Chuck Close
Date: 1967
Media: oil on canvas
Size:. 117 x 253in
Chuck close has been very private about exhibiting his nude paintings. The Big Nude is the first reclining figurative painting and only one he has ever released. Close chose models who were not exceptionally beautiful because his intent was to paint realistically. Close wanted his painting to have flaws such as tan lines, open pores, and stretch marks. This is Close first and last full body scale painting.
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R o o m
F a n n y
Artist: Chuck Close
Date: 1985
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 102 x 84in
Fanny is a finger-painting portrait of Close’s wife’s late grandmother. This is Close most masterly display of a technique he practiced himself. From a distance the painting seems cracked but as you look closer you can see the fingerprints of the artist which creates an abstract beauty. Close has created another portrait with flaw filled features that only make the image more realistic.
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R o o m
Ph i l
Artist: Chuck Close
Date: 1969
Media: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 108 x 84in
Close reinvents painting with his realistic
portraits. This artist is famous for his risk
taking and precise images. Close admits
that most of his painting state clear
decisions that he has made as an artist.
Even with his physical limitations he
continues to depict amazing portraits of
personal relatives and other well known
artists. Phil is actually a portrait of the
musician Philip Glass. The two met in Paris
in 1964. Philip’s music and Close’s work
have relation due to both being unique
and different than anyone else’s.
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R o o m
K r i s t i n a C u m b a
I am a developing artist still finding my medium. I
receive my inspiration from risk taking work like the artists in this museum. The theme for this museum is personal to me because I have once battled with losing my self-
meaning. As a transition from two opposite majors in college, I was once unsure with who I wanted to be. I was focused on being the person who would impress others and lost contact with who I really am destined to be. I am an artists with a God given talent. I have been blessed with a creative mind that I believe should be put to use. I am meant to be the artist that I am. Along with the rest of the artist in this museum, I believe in one being who they truly are because at the end of it all, no one else knows you better than yourself.
I M A G E C R E D I T S
R e t u r n t o L o b b y
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h t t p : / / o n . b e . n e t / 1 u m h M t 0
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