purdylola draws is where I keep my illustrations and archive the artists who inspire me. You can also find me here at Purdylola Loves for more general musings on art, music and fashion.

Friday, 30 October 2009

About a girl





About a Girl (2009)


(Found mannequin: Monoprint, collage, lazertran.)


'Once destined for the skip, 'Alice' and her dismembered limbs now serve as a canvas for my most indulgent whims. Forever collecting; ideas, images and objects which transcend cultures, styles and genres, the things that inspire me are many. Music, art, film, fashion and concepts are forever in my mind and like Alice, I swallow them all. However, as Alice found in Wonderland, giving in to all that is tempting can lead to overwhelming consequences. This feeling of claustrophobia and inspiration overload is represented through the layering of image and text. References to popular culture are crudely recreated as monoprints and applied to the surface of the mannequin using a transfer medium, each one fighting for attention. Rather than presenting Alice as a whole, her torso, legs and arms are left as separate parts, her tattooed limbs representing the many facets of my eclectic desires.'






2 comments:

  1. love these, in fact love all the doodlings and draings on this blog. we'll definitely be back! Come follow TBAG if you fancy.

    Happy Friday! x

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  2. This is your work I take it, and it's wonderful! We all have a thousand different versions of ourself inside, its a process to find them all, understand them, and slowly learn to love them. beautiful.x

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