Title: Black Skin, White Masks.
Medium: Acrylic on stretched canvas.
Dimensions: 20” x 20” x 1.5”
Artistic Style & Inspiration: Religious art, cubism and naive art.
Artist: Dariana Arias.
Art Series: "Icons: Las Virgencitas (Our Beloved Virgins)"
Motif: The colonized subject, the black psyche in a white world.
Title: Black Skin, White Masks
This piece is part of the series, "Icons: Las Virgencitas (Our Beloved Virgins)", a social critique examining the legacy of gender politics in relation to race, body image, cultural aesthetics, and the overall social issues, that result in exploitative structures.
The collection in its enterity, is comprised of 12 mixed media portraits of sexualized virgins; only 9 are available for sale.
These virgins serve as ironic analogies, that convey the incongruity between pious religious standards, and the overtly sexualized female constantly promoted by mainstream media.
The thought-provoking images, reflect on the impact that Hollywood's conceptualization of womanhood has had, on the collective female psyche (within an intersectional framework).
This artwork deals with identity politics.
“The Colonized is elevated above his/her jungle status in proportion to his/her adoption of the mother’s country’s cultural standards.” -Frantz Fanon, Black Skins, White Masks.
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