Florals for Spring? Groundbreaking.

(in the spirit of us being in NYC at the beginning of NYFW ... My use of The Devil Wears Prada, gifs are acceptable)

This is what I thought when I saw the work in the Mark Miller Gallery by artist, Amy Goodwin. Her series of paintings is called, See Through Flowers. I was always taught that flowers was one of the staples of Artist's Cliches. From Vangogh, to Weston...

... to the teen girl armed with a point and shoot photographing the semi-attractive person who is an aspiring rapper/part time model from your high school in a questionable field of flowers in the spring. 

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THANKFULLY, that's the majority of the criticism that I have for Amy Goodwin. She managed to take flowers and florals and (at least for me) make them groundbreaking. She uses florals, and censors the faces of girls. The paintings aren't in focus, aiding in the anonymity of the women. Some, even act as a veil to cover the face. 

I'm torn between why they are hidden. I'm torn between seeing it as "veiling" a woman, hiding her from view OR as a play on anonymity, and using flowers to portray innocence, while they are really up to no good ... OR a play on the word flower, and how many women are referred to as delicate flowers. I still am stuck on the cliches though, and it's hard to get past.

I plan on making two series inspired by this. One a parody, another, more serious.