RASHID RANA

Not knowing anything about the artist and just seeing his work at the Saatchi Gallery. I found i remembered this piece more than others. The piece at first appears as photographs of traditional Burqas, worn by women as part of their religion. But when looking closer at the pieces the image is constructed of tiny images of pornographic scenes. When reading about the artists work he wanted to portray a political reaction using the Burqa against the pornographic images of women, "forcing the viewer to look beyond them and critique the so-called machinery of truth from which they are born."

Quote taken from :

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/rashid_rana.htm?section_name=new_india

Why is it this piece has stuck in my head? When immediately working out what the images were of it did shock me. Which is what the artist thinks wanted to happen. But also this kind of first appearing 'shock art' effects can wear off because after a few moments I became immune to the fact they were of sexual scenes. Is this because today through media, we have become numb to seeing images like these.

It is becoming more and more intriguing to me about why as people we see some things as shocking and other things as not. That we take notice of some things and not other. People have different values as to what is important. I find that in everyday life we neglect a lot of things. I will begin to portray things that would not normally be portrayed. I hope to explore with collage, sound and video.