Facade 1

I wasn’t sure whether or not I should upload this piece since it’s so different to what I’d normally do. Not that I don’t upload whatever I like, but this isn’t the style/ type of art I would generally create. It was made for a university project. The brief was to make a “Cultural Portrait” photomontage, in the style of the Dada/ Surrealist artists. If you’re interested, here’s a link  www.google.com.au/search?q=pho… Of course, I had to put my own stamp on it, since I am not a great fan of either movement. I have three more of these collages to do yet, so please be patient with me. Normal transmission will resume shortly.

My concept was inspired by something a friend told me way back in highschool. I was complaining about the state of the house I lived in, it being very run-down, and being a teenage girl, I was a more than a bit embarrassed by it, my friends all being from fairly affluent families. Now the girl I was talking to lived in a similarly dilapidated house, but unlike myself and my family, she wore only designer label clothing, ate in the best restaurants and had a flashy car etc.. Her reply to my griping was that people only see your house if you invite them there- you let them see only what you want them to see. So, no-one but me saw the state of the house she and her family lived in, and probably only because she knew mine wasn’t any better. I should add that I didn’t agree with her philosophy (which was no doubt borrowed from her parents) then, and I still don’t.

N.B. Stockists: this work will not be uploaded offsite. The only person, besides other members of dA, who’ll see this will be my lecturer.

Stock Credits:

Model: FlexDreams fav.me/d2g7nhl fahrmboy-stock fav.me/d1qgwu9 Tiara: Dori-Stock fav.me/d1b9op9 Distressed Brushes: redheadstock fav.me/d1cbmpx Several Items from SeptdesNovembre fav.me/d3dwch8 fav.me/d3hhw1k fav.me/d462iqn OhsheisGaga fav.me/d4jy2vy fav.me/d4kmki6 Wallpaper: laurengee fav.me/d2nygvi Credit Card: ekwo fav.me/d27ludq Dog: Random-Acts-Stock fav.me/d1dvuwl Car: BlokkStox fav.me/d1yvcvh Handbag: An-Unsure-Stock fav.me/d234x96 (An-Unsure-Thing ) New House: epiphany-stock fav.me/dsr0i Old House: FairieGoodMother fav.me/d1egpl5 Dollar signs: gimmerockstuff fav.me/d2na7r6 Pig: SiwonChoi fav.me/d2xri5y Dead Tree: gd08 fav.me/d3hs9tf




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