Type of Submission
Art Exhibit
Proposal
This is a 5 sided, crown-like paper statue, each side displaying an array of detailed patterns, each side conveying a different side to a story. The artist, battling a medical disease called Hypothyroidism, suffers from muscle and nerve tension that cannot be cured easily. Because of this symptom, the art piece is to display how it feels in her legs when she walks or stands. One end shows the actual bone, one having swirling motions to depict light headedness or the swelling of water in her joints. Or the sharp, multi layered pendants, visually representing to feeling of shin splints. Making it entirely white was not only intentional, it forces the viewer to question the depth of the layering and shadows of each and every intricately placed piece of paper to tell this disheartening tale.
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Copyright
© 2025 Melanie Polanco. All rights reserved.
Publication Date
2-28-2025
Crown of Symptoms
This is a 5 sided, crown-like paper statue, each side displaying an array of detailed patterns, each side conveying a different side to a story. The artist, battling a medical disease called Hypothyroidism, suffers from muscle and nerve tension that cannot be cured easily. Because of this symptom, the art piece is to display how it feels in her legs when she walks or stands. One end shows the actual bone, one having swirling motions to depict light headedness or the swelling of water in her joints. Or the sharp, multi layered pendants, visually representing to feeling of shin splints. Making it entirely white was not only intentional, it forces the viewer to question the depth of the layering and shadows of each and every intricately placed piece of paper to tell this disheartening tale.
