Class #3: Cultural Beauty and Ugliness as Social Critique

Class #3 Lecture

After watching the above lecture, you task is to create a Wagenchi Mutu-style self-portrait out of magazine, newspaper, and scrap paper clippings, at least 11x14" in size. 

You must spend  2 hours on the collage (an additional hour if you started it in class).

This is not a literal self-portrait, it doesnt have to look like you or even a person. 

But it should be made up of objects or parts of objects that have some significance to you, whether they represent what you aspire to, what you dislike about the world, your fears, what you value. Also think about how your self-portrait relates to conventional notions of Beauty, Ugliness. 

Consider how the image is composed formally. Think about color relationships, placement of the parts of the image, how large the po5trait is on the page, etc etc. How do your formal choices aid in communicating the story about yourself and society you want to tell. 

Bring the collage to class next week and be prepared to talk about it both formally and culturally. 

Your are also responsible to a Class #3 Followup Blog Entry: Class #3 Followup