ARTS
Sophia Zhao, Agnes Shan, Emma Chang, Laura Song Wu
Sophia Zhao, Agnes Shan, Emma Chang, Laura Song Wu
Ophelia, Self-Portrait
Sophia Zhao
Sophia Zhao
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cf. Kirchner, Self-Portrait As a Soldier
With one glimpse of Zhao's Self-Portrait, I was immediately hit by her lethargic, unfeeling eyes. My mind ran to Kirchner's Self-Portrait As a Soldier, whose representation of his psychological identity is shockingly juxtaposed with the nude in the background. Kirchner creates a very raw canvas, with no rational space causing a feeling of uneasiness to the viewer. Kirchner and the die Brücke artists adopted art to its time. Kirchner tells a story of being forced to join the military, with war making him impotent to create art (as seen in his dismembered hand) and addicted to drugs. The German Expressionist colors inflict intense and convulsing emotions to the viewer. Its ill-fitting colors represent an idea, not a description.
Zhao's Self-Portait juxtaposes her fleshy tones with the cold background, emphasizing not only her physical dissociation with her surroundings but also the dissociation evident in her eyes. Looking closely at it, one can see that she is looking beyond the viewer, not at them. Similar to Kirchner, the subject in the foreground appears separated from their reality.
With one glimpse of Zhao's Self-Portrait, I was immediately hit by her lethargic, unfeeling eyes. My mind ran to Kirchner's Self-Portrait As a Soldier, whose representation of his psychological identity is shockingly juxtaposed with the nude in the background. Kirchner creates a very raw canvas, with no rational space causing a feeling of uneasiness to the viewer. Kirchner and the die Brücke artists adopted art to its time. Kirchner tells a story of being forced to join the military, with war making him impotent to create art (as seen in his dismembered hand) and addicted to drugs. The German Expressionist colors inflict intense and convulsing emotions to the viewer. Its ill-fitting colors represent an idea, not a description.
Zhao's Self-Portait juxtaposes her fleshy tones with the cold background, emphasizing not only her physical dissociation with her surroundings but also the dissociation evident in her eyes. Looking closely at it, one can see that she is looking beyond the viewer, not at them. Similar to Kirchner, the subject in the foreground appears separated from their reality.
Sophia Zhao is an eighteen-year-old from Newark, Delaware currently studying at Yale University. Her creative work has been recognized by The Alliance for Art & Writers, and is published in The Adroit Journal. She enjoys painting, poetry, and jasmine tea.
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Anonymous
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The Allure of an Escape
Emma Chang
Emma Chang
Artist's Statement
In the past few months, my room has begun to feel like a prison. My world has been shattered and I’m still picking up the pieces of what is left. What normally brings me joy now evokes ....nothing. There is an heavy emptiness in the air that presses me to the window, longing. Longing for an escape. I’ve found the beauty of nature has become comforting, the roses outside my window a burst of color in my bleak world.
In the past few months, my room has begun to feel like a prison. My world has been shattered and I’m still picking up the pieces of what is left. What normally brings me joy now evokes ....nothing. There is an heavy emptiness in the air that presses me to the window, longing. Longing for an escape. I’ve found the beauty of nature has become comforting, the roses outside my window a burst of color in my bleak world.
Emma Chang is a first year student at Willamette University and a potential theatre major. She is passionate about the arts and how they can open our eyes to issues across our communities and the world.
Amoxi
Laura Song Wu
Laura Song Wu
Artist's Statement
This piece has to deal with the fetishization of Asian women. Asian women are often subjected to stereotypes depicting them as subservient, submissive, and quiet. All the Asian women in my life have never fit into these descriptions. In fact, they are quite the opposite. I've been raised and befriended by empowering, defiant, and bold Asian women.
Laura Song Wu is a freshman at Stanford University.
This piece has to deal with the fetishization of Asian women. Asian women are often subjected to stereotypes depicting them as subservient, submissive, and quiet. All the Asian women in my life have never fit into these descriptions. In fact, they are quite the opposite. I've been raised and befriended by empowering, defiant, and bold Asian women.
Laura Song Wu is a freshman at Stanford University.