Emma Wade
Mrs. Hamby
AP Art History
September 15, 2014
Dirar and Women
Dirar’s works of art that portray women seek to describe not only the inner beauty of women that so many neglect to see, but also the attitudes they take on to somehow communicate what mere words can not describe. All of his works of women were observed from afar, as he doesn’t talk to women either in fear or because of his younger age. Because of this method of observation, his portrayal of the womanly figure appears interesting and slightly abstract. White Noise from his Back to Beauty collection conveys an abstract woman figure surrounded by dry brush strokes communicating a sense of overwhelming surroundings that are either incomprehensible or going by so fast no one can stop to see. In this works I believe that Dirar seeks to describe the inside of the general women’s brain. The work seems scattered, and reminds me of cars passing by on a freeway. You can tell he observed from a ways away because of the profiled image that isn’t up-close. Possibly, he wanted to portray that women are viewed as part of the crowd that people don’t stop to recognize. I think that he wants to communicate that women are individuals, and should be viewed as just that. Look at Me from his Faces collection is a work with blue backgrounds with an array of colors that form into a face. The face is very distinct, which is interesting an different compared to a lot of his other compositions. Maybe while looking, he was
