Juxtaposition
Artist Statement
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"Almost There"
This is my Juxtaposition project where I juxtaposed the Disney Princess Tiana's independence and childhood innocence with an image dependent on beauty standards and the harsh consequences of not fitting in those standards. In this juxtaposition, I hope to communicate the struggles of girls of color who have to spend hours looking for the right makeup tone to match their dark skin, include themselves into exclusiveness definitions of beauty, lighten their skin color, diminish their noses and attenuate their lips, and permute their kinky hair. My project tells an alternative story for the Disney princess who feels as though the only way to achieve her dreams of owning her own restaurant is by altering her natural beauty, a reality for many women of color. |