![Picture](/uploads/2/2/9/0/22905522/9427652.jpg)
These three artist (who I was givin to read about) used woman body forms to show different things, yet talk about the same things in their artworks. Lin Tianmiao used culture and identity. Anything that moved her deeply she used her body (not physically, she made a model or some form) to show that influence; whether it was joy, pain, or sadness. Lalla Essaydi, used the idea of confronting cultural stereotypes of her people (Muslim) with text on the bodies and fabrics of woman. To show that they do not just sit in a corner, they are strong, independent woman, who should be treated like the humans they are. Lastly Wangechi Mutu used appropriation and identity construction, to show her feelings of the world and the happening around her. These artworks are sometime self-portraits and sometimes just art. I believe that if you feel a connection to the artwork, if the art is making you think about something that happened to you in your past; it is artwork. If the artwork isn’t crying out to you, but just sitting there making you think about the artist and their feelings; it is a self-portrait. In my last project (of the furries) is more of a self-portrait about me and my life (and NO! haha, I’m not a real furry when the full moon is out, lol!). I have more of an attachment to that piece than any everyday view would have, or so I would assume that would have. :P