Domestic Photoshoot.......

For documentation, I decided to photograph some of my textile pieces in a more traditional, domestic setting. I chose the 50s as I felt this was the most appropriate housewife/domestic era, and worked really well with the apron pieces. I did research into the clothing style, hair and makeup to try and get it as accurate as I could. Luckily, a fellow art student had quite a vintage looking kitchen which we could use to shoot in, which further helped to emphasise this theme.

I think this works really well, and gives strong context to the pieces, they start to become more than just pieces of art. I also like the contrast of the traditional setting and the more modern text on the apron. Furthermore, it's interesting to see how art can change once placed in a domestic space. They become utensils, everyday objects, rather than carefully crafted pieces of art. I think this is something that I want to explore further, and I would like to start to blur the line between the domestic space and art, something that Judy Chicago explored in her piece The Dinner Party. Chicago's use of ceramics and embroidery in a domestic style is similar to how I've placed my aprons and painted objects in the domestic setting. I find her domestic art in the gallery interesting, as not many galleries embrace this kind of art, and I think that should change.

Domestic art shouldn't be looked down upon as 'feminine' art, it's challenging the expectations of the space and how this has changed over the decades. The home has always been seen as the woman's domain, and because of the changes within society and the introduction of gender equality, this is no longer the case anymore. I think it's good to embrace this area of women's oppression, and also good to embrace the mediums of the domestic space such as embroidery and ceramics, areas in which the art world looks down upon.

Furthermore, I think I would like to do this again but with a more modern setting, and explore the differences between the two. I think it would be interesting to see a more modern domestic space, perhaps with a man in the kitchen rather than a woman, or a woman wearing a suit rather than the floral dress. I would also like to work with some of the images taken to create posters and other text pieces, using more modern feminist text, again bringing in a more modern element. This is something that I think I will work on during the next unit perhaps.

Things to do next:

*more modern setting?

*combine some of the images with text - posters? postcards?

*explore domestic art?

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