size zero.. hot or NOT?

In 2007 size zero had become the craze, no actress or model was putting on weight or was even seen to be eating. But is it really sexy? or was it just a mind convincing disorder that everyone wanted to be? Pictures of size zero models that are taken on the run way are exposed everywhere; magazines, internet, television etc. In my eyes, its not a nice look and the media in everyway is almost promoting this next to nothing but bone figure. The media is taking this look and brainwashing little girls right up to adults into thinking that this is the 'In' thing which is practically saying the only way you can look pretty is by looking like this. In this particular picture, the feeling i get from the expression on this womans face, is that she's not happy and is almost being forced into looking like this; in order to keep her job. It just goes to show that the media influences everything from how to look and how to live your life!

The Black Iris..

The Black Iris is one of Georgia O'Keeffe's most famous paintings, it was created in 1924 and was seen to be a 'Masterpiece' . Georgia O'Keeffe has always been one 0f my favourite artists as within every piece of art she constructs she creates meanings as well as subliminal messages. What i particularly like about this painting is the way in which Georgia O'Keeffe over exaggerates certain aspects within her piece of art, the size of her leaves for example which is said to have been done to elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary. Georgia O'keeffe's work has been marked as a work of art that creates mostly sexual meanings. The Black Iris is an example of this as it is seen as a representation of not only a flower but a female genitalia. You can see this within the way the flower has been positied and the clear cut lines that have been used. The colour of this flower has been modified along the way, as it started from a blacky purple colour up to lighter pinks and whites to give it a sense of innocence aswell as hardness.

'Wanderer above the sea front'

'Wanderer above the sea front'  by Casper David Friedrich is by far my favourite oil painting by Friedrich. The images strongly anchor the title of the painting and creates a visual understanding aswell as a verbal understanding of what is happening within it. In my opinion the painting was created as a possible self reflection of the artist and his vision of the future.