Enrico and me did a lot of serches in the preparation. We found that some of Arbus's phtographs are about disable people.We are curious that why she took such photos. We found the background and the quotes she said and we combine these to a conclusion.
Arbus wanted to use the photos of disable people to show the real things of human beings.
She didn't want the people at that time hide anymore.Disable people don't hide thier ugly things like them.
I laso found that Arbus's family was rich, this made her think her life is unreal,so she began to start another kind of style,which is the families' style.
I think she is a good artist because she can classify the ugly and the beauty clearly.
Holocaust
14 years ago
Great, Chen.
ReplyDeleteYour presentation raised a lot of questions for me about Arbus's aesthetic, and I am not sure I asked them very clearly when you were up there, but one thing I am curious about is whether you think Arbus felt that only "ugly" things could truly be real or beautiful? Without imperfection nothing is truly beautiful? Or "beautiful" things aren't as beautiful as those that are "ugly?"