Paul-Michel Foucault

The drawing of Paul-Michel Foucault (1926-1984) is inspired by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida in which he describes Deconstruction belonging to the Postmodern Culture where “uncertainty and self-awareness are now the issue at hand rather than taste and beauty and this redefines our notion of aesthetic judgment.”  He suggests we question and re-evaluate pre-determined principles, shake our beliefs and try to look for meaning by deliberation with an unbiased eye so that we are able to find value in the ideas that are often overlooked.  Our lives have become increasingly diverse and fragmented and the cultural and social worlds in which we root our identities splinter and drift apart, and our identities move with them

I have enjoyed working in this area of (Deconstruction) it has opened my eyes to unexpected possibilities and ways of working that involve studying visual signifiers in humans that we seek based on our perspectives.  Deconstruction is a way of understanding how something was created, usually things like art.  For example in this drawing breaking down the portrait into fragments and re-constructing it. The drawing is made with pencil on paper, which denotes various skin tones and shades, the approach is much more of a manipulation of the surface that includes organic shapes and combines traditional portraiture with deconstruction and fragmentation. The skin and muscle are intentionally deformed creating uncommon curves, the right angles are almost nonexistent. The face lacks symmetry, which is usually associated with traditional portraiture that is intentional.  This can disturb our thinking and evoke uncertainty and unpredictability at the same time challenge our own preconceptions.  One of the most defining characteristics of deconstructivism is that it challenges conventional ideas about form and order. Deconstructionism attempts to move away from the rules of modernism like, form follows function” and “purity of form”, and questions traditional models of thought.  It is an artistic movement that criticizes the rational order of modern art and design and developed a new aesthetic.

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