Title: "Consuming Identities: A Commentary on America's Fast Food Culture and Food Inequality"
As an artist, I confront the pervasive impact of America's fast food culture, using clay, chocolate, and cardboard as a medium to highlight the intricate relationship between consumption, identity, and societal perceptions.
Inspiration and Themes:
My work delves into the symbolic representation of fast food, notably burgers, fries, and their packaging, as a commentary on America's obesity epidemic. I examine the allure and consequences of a diet dominated by easily accessible yet nutritionally deficient meals.
Artistic Process:
Through meticulous crafting of a burger, encapsulating its allure with patties, sesame buns, American cheese, and tomatoes, I convey the appeal of fast food. Simultaneously, the inclusion of a fast-food box adorned with teeth symbolizes how these choices consume one's well-being, both physically and economically.
Intentions and Goals:
I aspire to provoke contemplation on the repercussions of relying on fast food, especially in lower-income communities. The affordability and convenience of these options often pose as substitutes for more nutritious meals, perpetuating food inequality and reinforcing a cycle of unhealthy eating habits.
Artistic Influences:
My art is influenced by the juxtaposition of cultural perceptions surrounding American fast food. It addresses how other nations perceive the United States through its fast-food culture and its ties to obesity, presenting a multi-layered commentary on global perspectives.
Conclusion:
Through my art, I aim to raise awareness of the societal implications of America's fast food culture, emphasizing its links to obesity, food inequality, and how economic disparity influences dietary choices. I invite viewers to consider the complex relationship between food, identity, and societal structures in our modern world.
This week I started changing my AP-3D theme to iconic places from "THE AMAZING RACE" inspired places. For example, places include London, Agra India, Caracas Venezela, etc. Doing around 15 pieces, already having 3 done for this theme as my pepper and fruit bowl + mug I made work for 3 different countries and relate to other pieces. A challenge has been this shift and the research I have been doing to make every piece unique and such. This all relates to me as I have moved a lot as a child and have traveled to many countries, having a personal perspective of every piece I am doing.
This week I am making a piece from Agra, India. This will be the Tajal Mahal. I have already sketched it out (need to upload the photo, it is not uploading for some reason). Then, I am making it out of cardboard medium, to make it but also add paintings and photos of its history, as well as having myself in the front of the paitning with my family looking at this magnificent piece of history as well. A challenge I believe I will face is getting it to look like the actual piece at first, then also painting and adding texture through card-board as well.
Hello Ms. Sudkamp! This week since I had some doctors' appointments during first I could not do too much, but I started my piece at home by making the base as a square-ish, going to use sand paper to make the edges more round and Taj-Mahal like. Next week I plan to start the UK london double-decker bus out of clay and get that done immediately.