Lorna Simpson + Fantasy Project

Only knowing that Lorna Simpson is a photographer, I began to wonder what kinds of photos she takes, and what they reflect. I also want to know what her artwork style looks like, and if she has done any other work besides photography

Lorna Simpson is a very accomplished artist. She has had many exhibitions in her career. Her work represents the struggle between the master and the slave that Sojourner Truth fought. Her work reflects a lot of African American's battle with racism. Her style of her work in all of her photography is the effect of using black and white. Later in her career Lorna has branched out into filmmaking and she includes other genders, races and identities in her work.

After reading this I began to wonder why she decided to branch into film making, and what is her reasoning of all of her work being in black and white. I also want to know why is all of her work focused on one topic.

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After last class period, I began to think of what to do for the fantasy project.
There are just so many options when it comes to fantasy. I want to make something the either revolves around aliens, or mermaids, or even a completely made up figure. I need to go to good will and try to find something, and maybe that will give me ideas.

Power of society

For this project, I chose a tie to represent power. A tie can show power in many different ways. I burnt my first tie to show that power can be corrupt. That people can have power for all of the wrong reasons.

My second tie represents the power that unemployment and struggle can have over you. 

The third tie represents the power of money. People thrive off of money. Money can tear people apart and bring people together. It represents the power of the economy. 

My last tie is to show that power can be good. The power of love. If its love for your significant other, or love for a passion that you have. Power can have a good effect over you when it is positive.

Overall I am really proud of myself for this project. These images came out exactly as I wanted them to. Usually I have a vision in my head, and its hard to get it off of paper, but I thought I did a nice job of portraying power through ties. The only thing that I wish I had done better was find the right words when describing each one.

Last weeks summary

Last weeks classes for concepts were very interesting to me. That Monday gave me a lot of ideas on what to do for this project. This project for me has probably had the most ideas that I want to work with. Then on Wednesday we went to the Mcall center which was awesome. The art in there has been my favorite so far even if it wasn't that big. The building itself was just beautiful to me on its own. I really enjoyed the comb collection of art. It was very clever and creative.

Power project idea

For my project I just thought of Another idea that I want to write down before I forget. I will take my dads old ties and use it as a found object and then destroy it and glue it back together on a poster and maybe even use it as a stamp. And it will all be used to symbolize the bumps in the road to get to power. Or how power can inevitably destroy you and you begin to fall back down the ladder.