TEEN
A
GE MU
T
ANT NINJA GIRLS
conceptual design meets fashion: painted
/
printed denim & ribbon
H
ow can women artists inspi
r
e
(
p
r
oduc
t
) designs in such a way that actively communicates
wome
n
’s under
r
ep
r
esentation
/
gende
r
ed inequality of the art worl
d
?
T
eenage
M
utant
N
inja
T
urtles:all of these cartoons we
r
e inspi
r
ed & characterized by 4 (
male
)
R
enaissance masters.
..
.
W
hat if they we
r
e women artist
s
?
H
ow could this idea physically manifest in a logical, yet communicative
/
mobile wa
y
?
--that strives to inspi
r
e
/
further an awa
r
eness of this issu
e
?
T
he
“
mask
s
” over their eyes a
r
e ribbons: one side displays a quote by the artist, & the othe
r
, a statistic exp
r
essing an art world inequalit
y
.
O
ne ribbon is
attached to the jac
k
et, over the illustratio
n
’s eyes: 2 ends, dangling down f
r
om their attachment points.
T
he
r
e a
r
e two holes cut, for which mo
r
e ribbons
(
with mo
r
e quotes & statistic
s
) loop th
r
ough, in such a way that they could be extracted f
r
om the jac
k
et, & ta
k
en
/
distributed.
C
onceptuall
y
, this piece intends to speak in mo
r
e ways than one: although the ribbons fashionably simulate the ninja turtle
s
’ masks, they work mo
r
e so
as blindfolds-- intending to communicate our own blindedness to the issue, which has caused these artist
s
’
own sights to be unfairly
k
ept f
r
om histo
r
y’s eyes the
r
eafte
r
.
L
J
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