In this picture by AIDA Makoto, he explores the concept of the school girl in his artwork. In this piece, there is a girl standing on the patch of land between two rice paddies. The line in her hairstyle matches the line that she is standing on. She is only seen from behind and dressed in a school uniform which enforces a feeling of a generic school girl. She has a fairly typical hairstyle for a young girl. There is nothing really distinguishing about the field and since the only the back of the girl is seen the picture gives an overall feeling of the generic school girl and generic rice fields. There is a feeling that Aida is commenting how people may see the school girl as a singular object similar to the rice fields.
While in this piece by Takano Aya, she has drawn a paper doll. The four outfits that are paired with the dolls are: a set of underwear, a colorful short dress, a jump suit-like item, and a textured yellow dress. The underwear factors in to the way society may see the young women, while all the others have patterns, color, and texture to differentiate. The jump suit had many designs that looked similar to peace signs, while the colors of the two dresses are different because of the pattern and textures. All the different options show the many ways to present oneself in the modern society.
In this picture by AIDA Makoto, he explores the concept of the school girl in his artwork. In this piece, there is a girl standing on the patch of land between two rice paddies. The line in her hairstyle matches the line that she is standing on. She is only seen from behind and dressed in a school uniform which enforces a feeling of a generic school girl. She has a fairly typical hairstyle for a young girl. There is nothing really distinguishing about the field and since the only the back of the girl is seen the picture gives an overall feeling of the generic school girl and generic rice fields. There is a feeling that Aida is commenting how people may see the school girl as a singular object similar to the rice fields.
While in this piece by Takano Aya, she has drawn a paper doll. The four outfits that are paired with the dolls are: a set of underwear, a colorful short dress, a jump suit-like item, and a textured yellow dress. The underwear factors in to the way society may see the young women, while all the others have patterns, color, and texture to differentiate. The jump suit had many designs that looked similar to peace signs, while the colors of the two dresses are different because of the pattern and textures. All the different options show the many ways to present oneself in the modern society.
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ReplyDeleteThe first picture confused me at first (and somewhat still confusing). There doesn't seem to be much going on in the photo. I guess the whole "emptiness is fullness" phrase that Mizenko keeps stating really does apply here. From my perspective, perhaps the girl feels as though this is her only path in life, that she cannot escape from the harsh reality of living in the countryside? The hairties that she is using is very childlike, so maybe this is Aida Makoto's way of showing the girl transitioning into a new unfamiliar land/area/moment in her life?
Whoops! I forgot to publish my response, haha. In the piece by Takano Aya, it seems as though she is only limiting women to those choices. In a way, it all represents a woman's sexuality. The underwear is very feminine and has a very young girl feeling to them, yet since it is set up in a dress-up doll element, it makes the viewer imagine what it would look like on the model, thus the viewer would be imagining the girl in that set of underwear (regardless of how cute they appear to be). The next outfit is the swirly dress. It's tightened at the waist, making it form to the woman's natural (or unnatural - creating the illusion of someone having curves) curves. The swirling patterns are also focused on the waist and towards the chest of the woman. The next outfit, one-piece jumpsuit thing, seems to be a combination of both the fun and flirty, young girl look and the tightness of the swirling dress. In the jumpsuit, though it doesn't look that prominent here, would accent the girl's natural body shape. Here it seems to dent in at the waist and emphasize her long and slender legs. The final dress, the yellow bubble dress, seems to hide her upper body by making it big and poofy. However, the legs would be emphasized and shown off. So regardless of how a woman is portrayed, somehow her sexuality would be shown off? Or at least this is my take on it.
DeleteAida's picture is very simple, yet interesting. The focus at first is the back of the girls head, or her hair line to be exact. Then my eyes moved up to the line of the path she's standing on. It's interesting that her hair line is directly in line with the path. I imagine that she's staring straight across, her head parallel to the ground; Even though I can't see her face, I feel like she's focused on walking on this one and only path.
ReplyDeleteThe piece by Takana Aya shows the varied ways a woman can present herself in modern society--style, color, texture. Each outfit shows off woman appeal. The outfits are form-fitting, tight-waisted, and all the outfits would accentuate her lean long legs. I agree with Kelly that these outfits would show off her sexuality.
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ReplyDeleteYou chose very interesting images!
I think this straight line represents the girl’s feeling. She is now standing on the path and thinking about her future. But actually, she already made up her mind and looking forward to take the next step. She might be thinking that she will go out from this rural place or she might be thinking that she will live here forever. I really like AIDA Makoto’s drawing. It’s so creative.
I agree with your analyze that clothes (and underwear) show many ways to present oneself in the modern society. I liked that she chose paper doll. There are two kinds of dress in this picture but the shape and the design are completely different. However, as Kelly mentioned, I also think that this is a show off of her sexuality.