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Suzana Dzelatovic
•She
states “When I'm working on my nudes, I just think how people
in isolation feel: in state of self-reflection, and most intimate
feeling. Speaking of those paintings, I like to say that they
are "Naked portraits“
•Want
to reflect this in my own work and show the reflection of one
self.
JOHN COPLANS
Body dysmorphia effects
both men and women but are not frequently discussed.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Gender differences and prevalence in a Pakistani medical student population - Correspondence to Ather M Taqui.
The male to female ratio of Body dysmorphia – An article
discussing and comparing in Pakistan about the differences in gender who have
Body dysmorphic disorder (Taqui, 2008).
BDD a “Psychiatric disorder” which makes people think of themselves as a defect
or distresses over the slightest flaw. Has created a conversation about the
between ratio of males and females having this disorder. The method used to
gain its findings was that medical students enrolled at the Karachi medical university
in Pakistan. They filled out a self-report/questionnaire to record data between
males and females who have BDD. The findings of this assessment had 156
students participating, out of the 156 students the male to female ratio for
the people who has BDD was 1.7. – The concern of their bodies in males were
varied from their hair, skin, body fat, nose etc… whereas most females where
more concerned about being fat (Taqui, 2008). Relating to my own
work and findings, females have more of a narrow mindset of what they do not
like about their bodies. Whereas males are more varied with their and the way
they think about themselves.
Taqui, A. S. (2008,
april 09). Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Gender differences and prevalence in a
Pakistani medical student population. . Retrieved from BMC:
https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-244X-8-20#citeas
Body dysmorphia: Artists tackle distorted self-perceptions.
This article talks about how Derricks Santini's photographs capturing Lady GaGa in her early years when she first came out and ten years after that they were use as part of an exhibition about BDD (Body Dysmorphia) - this is where a person suffers from a mental health condition where they think only about their flaws and obsess over them. 
Meltem Isik has created his subject holding up a canvas showing their depictions of their own perception of themselves. "My own personal definition of body dysmorphia is not being able to correctly identify yourself," says Scarlet Isherwood - one of the other artists who has contributed." - "Having a really kind of warped perception on the reality of how you look or how you are in real life. And that connects a lot to depression and anxiety."
This artist struck me the most because it focuses on the body and not a portrait. focusing on one particular flaw and articulating and worrying about that one flaw. Relates to my own work because I am focusing on the whole of the body and what flaw they think they have then shown that "Flaw" as something beautiful to connect with the audience or the viewer with their own body.
LEIGH DE VRIES
http://mybrokenreality.com/
http://www.leighdevries.com/
This artist develops her work in two areas of practice " Short term projects" and "Long term projects". She focuses on creating works of "useful art" that crosses and serves a more practical function to society and showing "out of the box" works.
One of her works in particular that relates to my work is her work "MyBrokenReality"
showing how BDD had dominated her life for over 25 years or so. she uses this as an exploration to transform and to show her recovery.
She decided to use a prosthetic tumor attached to her face and to show herself in social outings such as showing it to the general public. To help confront the ideology of BDD and to confront the mental condition to herself and to show others that she is beautiful as well to herself.
Lucian Freud
British painter, specializing in figurative art - known as one of
the foremost 20th-century portraitists. Influenced by surrealism then went
towards a sort of realism
Relating to the color pallete to my own works, the under skin tones of the greens pinks, reds, blues, and violets. Also showing where the weight falls and the depth of the figures.
Freud, L. (n.d.).
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping. 1995. new york.
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