The Fountain

This was a work for Grade 12 Art.

Here, I was asked to come up with an abstract way to represent an idea.

My idea was rejection, and here I aimed to parallel the rejection of colour, the rejection of nutrients, and the rejection of society.

The rejection of colour exists in albinese people. Albino individuals cannot successfully produce the pigments necessary for "normal" skin colour.

The rejection of nutrients exists in the vomiting. In an abstract way, the colour is lost by vomiting it out...(note: this does not really happen)

The rejection of society exists in the macabre representation of albinese people. Some people in African tribes worship and praise their colour, and individuals born without this "pride" are looked upon as foul.

Et Voila.