Canadian Art

I have fallen in love with Diana Thorneycroft. Anyone who can make a child's toy look as sexualized as she does without adjusting it physically in anyway is definitely deserving of recognition.
Coming from Diana, it is so much more than just a dolll..
"It is the part of the body we use to feed ourselves, make love and express joy or rage. It is also where language exits. These are all things that relate to existence. But the mouth can also be violated and penetrated, sexually, medically, punitively..... so when one reads the visual language of an open mouth, all these layers and possibilities come into play."

But seriously.... who designed that first doll? UGH uncomfortable.
In class we looked mainly at the Group of Seven Awkward moments series, but my favorite series by Thorneycroft is her in progress "A People's History". It is so disturbing, but so much about who we as a society are. This class is constantly trying to frame what the Canadian artistic identity is... I think that if someone were to ask me what I learnt from this class and what the identity is in my opinion, I would point them towards this series of work. As Canadians we have a really dirty and cruel history that we don't advertise or even really talk about at all. I definitely never really heard about it when I was learning History in school.
"The horrors that took place in First Nations residential schools and orphanages like Mount St. Cashel, Newfoundland, speak of atrocities that eradicate all humour."