My statement for my review

 

 

 

Headlines and stories; blending politics, pop culture and pictures to tell a story.

 

 A child’s innocence in precious, their trust, loyalty and naivety are treasured qualities. Unfortunately a lot of children are surrounded by people who don’t see this, people who violate their rights, even though a child’s rights are just as important as anyone else’s. Because a child is not strong enough to defend themselves and stand up for their rights, there are people in this world who take advantage of this. People who use a child's dependence for their own benefit, to make their clothes, to fight their wars, to satisfy sexual needs and to bully because they know a child is too weak to fight back.

 This violation of children’s rights is something we deal with on a daily basis; we hear about the 400 children detained, tortured and killed in Syria in the paper, we see advertisements for brands like Nike and Sony, when we know the products are most likely made by a child who is under paid and over worked, we see images of young girls at beauty pageants and in high fashion magazines, sexualising themselves at an age where they should be embracing innocence.

 In my prints and drawings, most of the figures represent the child who is abused and neglected. I intended on dramatizing the vulnerability of these children who are forgotten all over the world.