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Structure of My Paper

Abstract I am going to talk about my illustration subjects that based on women, female body, female issues and how I want to develop them in a fun but teasing way. Also I will give hints about references from body representation including Ancient Greek, Medieval and Renaissance periods and 19th, 20th centuries through history. Regarding illustration and women representation, I will look for Pin-Up Girls and visual transformation of female body from illustration to photography. Objectification of female body will lead me to talk about body politics and Michel Foucault’s Biopolitics. On the other side, satire drawings in the history, cynical art will be discussed during the background survey.  Introduction I will mention that female body and wrong public discourses, taboos are my topics to draw about. My works aim to show how we are affected by public norms directly.  My personal and artistic approach opposes admitted facts of beauty. I prefer drawing chubbiness, plu
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The Body in Art History

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The Classical Period in art covers the Greek and Roman culture. Classical Greek art is generally recognized as a visual depiction of the ideal and the real. Figures look perfect, faces are calm and without emotion, bodies look active and they are often nude. Although Ancient Greek art is divided into Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic, the common feature of all is that men are strong and confident and women are shy and innocent. While female sculptures were clothed or draped in togas, males were sculpted carefully till the hair of their genitals.  Most scholars shun the idea that a realistic pubis was seen as aesthetically unappealing, and the most prominent theories today center around female genitalia being viewed as sexually aggressive. Women being aggressive, let alone sexually aggressive, was heavily discouraged and punished in Greek society. * The fact that male nudity is very common alongside female nudity reflects Greek ideas on gender. For a man to appear naked was se
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Satire In Art History

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Satire in illustration started after the invention of print in the fifteenth century. By the eighteenth century, satirical drawings became more popular for using humor to take aim at the religious and political disorders of societies. Caricature marked a golden age in England after The Industrial Revolution because it brought a large class discrimination. Also their constitutional monarchy allowed more freedom of expression comparison to many other countries in Europe.  William Hogarth was the most important British illustrator of his generation. He described his work as ‘novels in paint’. He famed with narratives and stories of modern urban life. I would describe his style as today’s term ‘storyteller’.  Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray are the other successful British illustrators of the eighteenth-century. Napoleonic War and the legacy of Hogarth provided a great range of work and peak of the political satire. While James Gillray was famous with his political and social sati
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Art as Provocation - Part 2

I mostly like the artworks that force to think about something and tickle someone’s fancy. I appreciate conceptual art too, but if an artwork doesn’t leave an impression on me, then I am just consuming it. Art can be consumed like everything but it should be different from others.  I am interested in illustration, so I usually search for good samples. It is rare to encounter deep, meaningful, clever and humorous drawings.  In my opinion, designers and artist can use power of parody, satire and humor to shape public opinion, advance critical discourse and question boundaries. I want to make people to think about   heavy topics, such as; female body, chubbiness, menstruation with my narrative and provocative style. Parody or satire in art can highlight how ridiculous normality is. We have people trying to normalize these topics, and they are not normal, and satire can open their eyes to that. On the other hand, there is a controversion in contemporary art. Once a work makes
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Art as Provocation - Part1

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Just as we are constantly being provoked by the media, I think we have the right to provoke others. Art and design are very strong tools that provide that provocation. I do illustration and I believe illustration is one of the methods that directly convey the message without the need for writing.  Sometimes I am drawing without worrying about meaning, but I prefer lines to make people think and provoke emotions. Common thread of my favorite illustrators are, being provocative and acrimonious.  by  Joan Cornella Due to these reasons, I illustrate chubby women that ignored to see by some people. Also I search and draw about menstruation which is a problematic issue for both men and women, because no one talks about it. 
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The Perception of Beauty

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I usually illustrate women naturally, in their casual life, without any sense of beauty. In my opinion some mediums such as; social media and advertisements have very negative impact on perception of beauty. Although there is a dramatic social pressure on us as men and women, we are also affected by the misleading appearance of the models and celebrities we see on the screens, and we have more trouble to resemble them. Today almost all women are alike. Everyone has the same wardrobe, the same 'Kim Kardashian' butt and the same aesthetic lip. I am completely opposed to the approach that the beautiful woman should have skinny and curvy body, a small and smooth nose and plump, glossy lips. I, as a woman, experienced the difficulty caused by this perception of beauty. When I was overweight, I was ashamed of my body, I couldn’t dress as I want to, I was uncomfortable with my partner.  Although my weight didn’t adversely affect my health, I felt unhealthy and ugly. In time, I lo
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Heterotopia as a virtual space?

In ‘Of Other Spaces’ article, Foucault mentions two spatial concepts: Utopia and Heterotopia. Utopias are defined as unreal spaces that are not integrated into the system they are in. Another space that can be considered as the opposite of utopia is heterotopy. Heterotopias are realized, applied, actualized spaces that contain contradictions, question the accuracy of the present, and are located outside of all areas, although they can be placed. Places that include more than one time and place in a single real space such as museum, library, cemetery, prison, retirement home, cinema can be examples of heterotopy. These spaces serve as mirrors to society. Heterotopias have a system of opening and closing that both isolates them and makes them penetrable. In general, the heterotopic site is not freely accessible like a public place. Either the entry is compulsory, as in the case of entering a barracks or a prison, or else the individual has to submit to rites and purifications. *
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