I got the
inspiration for this piece from Wangechi Mutu's works with her representation
of human body and psyche. This piece is about deeply routed military/violent
nationalism present in American society since its inception. I arranged my
collage in a way that made it look like the words and weapons' were flowing out
of the mans head representing the thoughts of American society. To make sure
that I conveyed that that this man was America as a whole and not just an American
I replaced his eyes with the America flag to show him not as man but an idea.
The reason I named the piece The Dreamer is America is often seen as the place
where dream comes true, a central force in world power and they look into the
future with wide eyes and imagine the new possibilities of what’s next. The
problem with dreamers is they can be narrow mined in achieving their dreams that they
forget about the past and present and only look towards the future. America always
looks towards the future, but always seemingly forget or ignore their troubled
past and try to move on without addressing it.
Paper Size : 8.5 x 11 in
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