{"id":9076,"date":"2018-02-26T23:57:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T03:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2018-02-26T23:57:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T03:57:15","slug":"papayas-and-almond-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2018\/02\/26\/papayas-and-almond-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"Papayas and Almond Milk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gluten Freedom, 2017 Chloe Wise (chloewise.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Instagram can sometimes be a completely depressing cesspool of garbage and an unnecessary distraction that takes up far too much of ones time.\u00a0 However, there are those rare occasions that you will find a page that is a true gem: something that is actually artistically inspiring.\u00a0 In these instances, Instagram can basically become an exhibit of an artist\u2019s best work.\u00a0 My new favorite artist that I discovered on Instagram is Chloe Wise.<\/p>\n

Wise is a Canadian sculptor, painter, collage artist, and digital artist.\u00a0 No matter what medium she is working in, I find her work to be visually interesting.\u00a0 They make you want to reach out and touch the piece.\u00a0 She is well known for her hyper realistic sculptures of food, but my first exposure to Wise\u2019s work was to her portraits.\u00a0 As someone who does a lot of portraiture myself, I was really interested in how unique and comical they are.\u00a0 Most of her portraits are large full body paintings of women holding some kind of food; furthermore, the food always has a meaning behind it, whether it be a woman cradling a carton of almond milk as a way to satirize societies obsession with healthy eating, or a woman holding an abundance of fresh and exotic fruit as a way to examine class.\u00a0 She uses these mundane and recognizable items to ultimately tackle important themes.<\/p>\n

Something that I feel adds a comedic element to her paintings is how classically and beautifully they are crafted.\u00a0 Her use of food really brings to mind the works of still life artists like Caravaggio, specifically in the way that the food looks extremely fresh and desirable to the viewer.\u00a0 The style in which she paints her women is very classic as well: them in stylistic poses and looking directly at the viewer.\u00a0 While a classic portraiture of women (mostly painted by men) would have a female subject staring at a male viewer to intrigue them, Wise has a much different idea about this subject.\u00a0 \u201cI present each woman as powerful and aware of her own power, and I intend to subvert the male gaze by satirizing it,\u201d she stated in a Vouge Paris<\/i> interview when questioned what she wants to get across to her viewers through the depiction of women.\u00a0 This combination of old style with random modern fashion, food, and objects, as well as the meaning behind the work is something that completely tickles me every time I view her art.<\/p>\n

Look, I know Instagram is a place where you can zone out and entertain your eyes for a bit, but maybe next time you log on, spend a few less seconds stalking your crush or looking at some chicks selfies, and try to find a stimulating artist that you truly enjoy.\u00a0 Fill up your feed with things that inspire you and make you want to create.\u00a0 Trust me, its much healthier and far more refreshing than seeing Kim K\u2019s new pink hair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Instagram can sometimes be a completely depressing cesspool of garbage and an unnecessary distraction that takes up far too much of ones time.\u00a0 However, there are those rare occasions that you will find a page that is a true gem: something that is actually artistically inspiring.\u00a0 In these instances, Instagram can basically become an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2193,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2193"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9078,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9076\/revisions\/9078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}