#Genevieve Gaignard

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Genevieve Gaignard  "Strange Fruit", 2022

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Genevieve Gaignard - “Sell To Black Collectors (Pink)" 2020

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Genevieve Gaignard, The Quietest Room in the House, 2018. Chromogenic print.

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Portrait of Genevieve Gaignard in her Los Angeles studio by Emily Berl for Artsy. (2017)

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Week Two - SDL

Task: Following on from the brainstorming session, develop a draft pitch for a test idea. Identify concrete and practical steps you can take towards realising a big dream idea.

Test idea: Self-portrait series in which I perform a female character and explore how women are portrayed through media, playing into stereotypes of women and the aesthetic trends relating to femininity in online spaces.

What is the project? A series of self-portraits in which I perform a female identity within my own home to tell the story of this female character. What is your objective? To make photos that can tell a story or provide some sort of narrative. I want this story to be based on the experiences, expectations, and portrayals of women seen in contemporary media.

Who is your target audience? Young women who have grown up with social media and seen the various ways in which womanhood and girlhood have been portrayed online.

Moodboard/reference images:

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #10, 1978

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #2, 1977

Genevieve Gaignard, Elephant in the Room, 2017

Genevieve Gaignard, Ladybirds (I'm a Canary), 2019

Jen Davis, Untitled No. 11, 2005

Jen Davis, Untitled No. 39, 2010

What are your goals and deliverables? My primary goal would be to create a cohesive series of images that tell a story by using not only myself as a character but also my environment to provide context and contribute to my portrayal of identity. I want this series to be rich in colour to make it feel more lively and like an actual snippet from real life, so another goal is to improve my skills in lighting a scene to provide the ambience and mood that I envision.

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I got to see this Genevieve Gaignard artwork in person and the lack of archiving the original has online is a bit of a pain. I wish I took a picture of it while I was gawking at it, gen and real ;; It drew me in so much because it reminded me of my sweet beloved Strong Bad. Ragh- Here's the piece for y'all to see.

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Genevieve Gaignard is an artist who uses self portraiture, collage and sculpture to explore ideas surrounding race, gender, beauty and cultural identity.

What I love most about Giagnards self-portraits is that she often dresses up as various personas, which reminds me of Cindy Sherman's untitled film stills. I really admire this way of working with self-portraiture, because I think it takes having control over the narrative a photo may represent or reference to an entirely new level. Gaignard plans out all elements of her photos, staging domestic sets for her work that all come together in impressive final images that really feel like they have a story to tell. I also admire how Gaignard comments on topics very personal to her as a biracial woman. The way her photos suggest stories or narratives invites curiosity from the viewer about serious issues like skin privilege and racism. This shows the power of representation through portrait photography, and the way it can act as a catalyst for important discussions.

http://www.genevievegaignard.com/

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Genevieve Gaignard

We Are More Than A Moment, 2020

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Genevieve Gaignard | Look At Them Look At Us (As We Shine Brighter Than They Ever Imagined), 2020 (via Vielmetter)

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Genevieve Gaignard 

Brooklyn Bail Fund: Community bail fund for Brooklyn’s incarcerated individuals. The nonprofit recently pivoted its focus to bail reform, but organizers have committed to helping those arrested in this week’s protests and are providing support to other bail funds across the country – read their full statement on the George Floyd protests here. Mission: “We are committed to challenging the criminalization of race, poverty, and immigration status, the practice of putting a price on fundamental rights, and the persistent myth that bail is a necessary element of the justice system.”

Emergency Release Fund: Bail fund for trans people in NYC jails that also provides advocacy support (public defenders, legal aid, etc.). Mission: “In response to COVID-19, the Emergency Release Fund has expanded their mission to raise and post bail for pretrial medically vulnerable individuals and anyone who identifies as LGBTQ. As of May 26th, 2020, we have freed 160 people and paid over $900k in bail funds.”

Mutual Aid NYC: A collection of mutual aid groups in NYC – many of them founded during the COVID-19 pandemic – including bail funds, homeless coalitions, family sanctuaries, immigration advocacy, PPE production and distribution, sex worker relief funds and more. Mission: “Mutual Aid NYC is a multi-racial network of people and groups building support systems for people in the New York area during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.”

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Front Line (Nothing to Hide), Photo by Genevieve Gaignard,  2017

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In each of Genevieve Gaignard’s pictures, she portrays a character of her own invention. From a buttoned-up suburbanite, in a dirty-blond bob, carrying groceries to a series of swimmers à la an Esther Williams production, each photograph plays with the outward signifiers and stereotypes of race, class, and gender identity—combining and remixing them into sometimes exaggerated but steadily ambiguous costumes.

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"Water & Power" at The Underground Museum

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Genevieve Gaignard

Got You Covered, 2018 48 x 40 inches

Website

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Trailblazer (A Dream Deferred) by Genevieve Gaignard

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Literally my goddess🙌🙌🙌