Aislinn Glennon

Aislinn, I always liked this sculpture by Marisol Escobar, and the subtle ways that each family member reveals his or her personality.

AISLINN'S PROPOSAL
My proposal for the final project deals with the theme of "Limits of Self" from Chapter 13. I want to create about 5 or 6 18x24" pastel and India ink drawings of family members close to me. Each drawing will take on its own personality portraying each individual's limitations and struggles resulting from these limitations. For instance, I want to make one of my brother displaying the youth and vulnerability of his seemingly tough exterior. This series of work will tell five or six different stories but overall portray my limited view of each person's limitations.

Marlene Dumas and Francis Bacon are a couple of artists I find aesthetically and thematically appealing for influences of this project. Marlene Dumas paints mostly of dramatic stages in life dealing with a person's identity, and I want to use her style to capture the limits of each person in an extreme sense. I also enjoy Marlene's use of paint to create a fluidity I want to use with the India ink. Francis Bacon also has a dramatic style of the human condition I want to emulate. He uses intensely dark and rich colors that I want to bring about with the pastels. The other artist that will influence this project is Edvard Munch for his ambiguous representations of the human psychology. I wish to use his portrayal of the psychology of human identity as the style for portraying my family members' individual limitations of self.

I may bring in some family photos to further grasp ideas of each person's personality with regards to my knowledge of their struggles with limitations. I hope this all will be portrayed in my final project and look forward to working on it.