Mary Reid Kelley
- Lost voices
- Unsettling
Pasiphae at Fence
This work by Mary Reid Kelley uses both value, pattern, and line to convey her message. Kelley chooses to use black and white in her pieces to keep them timeless to reflect how women are being treated no matter the time period. She chooses to create a pattern on the women's legs to make her look unshaven. She creates lines on the women's breasts and eye line to bring attention to them.
The Syphilis of Sisyphus
This still shot from Mary Kelley's The Syphilis of Sisyphus uses both line and value to emphasize how cosmetic beauty is seen as more beautiful compared to natural beauty. The women's hair, eyes, nose, and lips are the darkest parts of her face. This is to draw views towards them since they are the most common things women may feel insecure about and change with makeup. This can have women feeling unworthy unless they have their hair or makeup done. This is an ongoing struggle women deal with daily.
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