Thursday, 13 November 2014

Prue Stent

Stents 'Pink' series is something that probably isn't too relevant to my work but it really stood out to me - making me feel inspired if you wish. It's true, pink is never used enough or if it is, not very well. Prue Stent used this colour through out this serious to represent women, not just women though, the theme centres around feminism and the struggle women have with identity (see article at juxtapose). I really like this idea of creating a narrative through a colour. Red would give off the wrong connotations and blue would be stereotypically male, for example. I feel that pink was definitely the right colour. I feel like each image represents different things, like sex, struggle - in life,  calm, etc 







The females are naked, however the pink acts as a cover up, protection almost. It conceals them enough to make the image seem more innocent than it probably is. The colour being such a 'fun loving feminine' colour, makes it hard for you to speak negatively about these images in response to the girls being naked etc. 

This is something I could think about, although might be difficult now that it's already been done? Something I could try though, considering after recent feedbacks, I don't really have anything to lose. 

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