Honorable Mention / 2024 / Fine Art / Collage

Crimson Red

  • Photographer
    Vladyslav Shyrobokov, Ukraine

Expressive red, over a female portrait.The brushstrokes are similar to Rauschenberg's work, red glaze, or paint.
Is it possible, within the framework of contemporary art, using the collage technique, to explore the contemporary theme of violence and sexual aggression to which women of a certain, stereotypical model appearance are subjected?

Fashion and beauty icons, what price do you pay to climb Olympus? How many tragedies come from watching you in glossy magazines. Feminine traits, no less blood was shed for them than for the masculine warriors.