Alison Lapper Pregnant (2005) is Marc Quinn’s colossal marble monument of Alison Lapper, who is phocomelic with shortened limbs and known for her courage that overcame constant disadvantages for being the disabled (Quinn 2012, para. 1; Kieran 2009, 32). This sculpture was commissioned by Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London, and erected as the first female and the disabled sculpture of the Fourth Plinth Trafalgar Square (Lewis 2005, para. 3). Through Quinn’s locational, elaborative and compositional choice, the sculpture successfully commemorates the beauty of fortitude and the biological imperfection (Lewis 2005, para. 8; Quinn 2015, para. 1; Millett 2008, 2).
Marc Quinn’s locational choice of his sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant is one of …show more content…
Nonetheless, the beauty of the biological imperfection is subversively delineated in Quinn’s work, while the traditional limbless statuary made of high art medium, such as marble, that the Venus de Milo exemplifies present the ideal physicality (Humphries 2012, 148; Jenkins 2010, 100; Betterton 2002, 262). Thus, Quinn neoclassically challenges the public’s received subconscious prejudgment of the external beauty (Cooke 2005, para. 5; Humphries 2012, 148; Betterton 2002, 262; Millett-Gallant 2008, 13). Furthermore, Quinn's choice of maternal figure rejects the eroticism in the traditional femininity (Betterton 2002, 262; Carpenter 2013, 28). Instead, biological femininity is depicted through the pregnancy’s elucidation of female fertility stressing the mother’s spiritually resilient quality to empower female (Kieran 2009, 48). Quinn boldly excludes the pupil and facial expression. This is another distinction whereas others in the same location have elaborated their public figure’s pupils and majestic facial expression, which amplify their righteousness. While emphatic presentation of a life’s eye hint the subject matter’s emotion, by excluding this element, …show more content…
Alison Lapper Pregnant distinctively draws attention with geometric curvilinearity that specifically elucidates the biological femininity avoiding an imagery of the weak. Moreover, this feature allows the sculpture to be distinguishable amongst the surrounding male sculptures that are predominated by rectilinear forms, thus effectively contributes to the concept of the beauty (Lewis 2006, para. 6). With this bold presence, the enormity and its placing in upper position induce a low angle that significantly constructs the sense of strength, resulting in the empowerment and insight representation of one of its theme, the beauty of spiritual strength. Use of the three-dimension is another design principle that contributes to the empowerment for female and disability. Although the installation location of the Fourth Plinth Trafalgar Square elicits more meaning to it, the relocatability of the sculptural work impliedly further empowers the disabled and female by commandeering the entire piece to the sculpture itself (Kieran 2009, 32). While unbalanced structure evokes a daunted impression that imparts the imagery of a weak, Alison Lapper Pregnant’s low-centred structure provokes a strong sense of stability, thus effectively develops the material sturdiness, further depicting the psychological
Marc Quinn’s locational choice of his sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant is one of …show more content…
Nonetheless, the beauty of the biological imperfection is subversively delineated in Quinn’s work, while the traditional limbless statuary made of high art medium, such as marble, that the Venus de Milo exemplifies present the ideal physicality (Humphries 2012, 148; Jenkins 2010, 100; Betterton 2002, 262). Thus, Quinn neoclassically challenges the public’s received subconscious prejudgment of the external beauty (Cooke 2005, para. 5; Humphries 2012, 148; Betterton 2002, 262; Millett-Gallant 2008, 13). Furthermore, Quinn's choice of maternal figure rejects the eroticism in the traditional femininity (Betterton 2002, 262; Carpenter 2013, 28). Instead, biological femininity is depicted through the pregnancy’s elucidation of female fertility stressing the mother’s spiritually resilient quality to empower female (Kieran 2009, 48). Quinn boldly excludes the pupil and facial expression. This is another distinction whereas others in the same location have elaborated their public figure’s pupils and majestic facial expression, which amplify their righteousness. While emphatic presentation of a life’s eye hint the subject matter’s emotion, by excluding this element, …show more content…
Alison Lapper Pregnant distinctively draws attention with geometric curvilinearity that specifically elucidates the biological femininity avoiding an imagery of the weak. Moreover, this feature allows the sculpture to be distinguishable amongst the surrounding male sculptures that are predominated by rectilinear forms, thus effectively contributes to the concept of the beauty (Lewis 2006, para. 6). With this bold presence, the enormity and its placing in upper position induce a low angle that significantly constructs the sense of strength, resulting in the empowerment and insight representation of one of its theme, the beauty of spiritual strength. Use of the three-dimension is another design principle that contributes to the empowerment for female and disability. Although the installation location of the Fourth Plinth Trafalgar Square elicits more meaning to it, the relocatability of the sculptural work impliedly further empowers the disabled and female by commandeering the entire piece to the sculpture itself (Kieran 2009, 32). While unbalanced structure evokes a daunted impression that imparts the imagery of a weak, Alison Lapper Pregnant’s low-centred structure provokes a strong sense of stability, thus effectively develops the material sturdiness, further depicting the psychological