Trapped

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Trapped is a common and often unsettling feeling. We can feel emotionally trapped by other’s expectations, and physically trapped by barriers. I began this collection with the first photograph of this series Dione by Danielle Kwaaitaal. I found the woman’s serene expression striking when contrasted with the flowing, yet ensnaring water around her. I decided to explore the theme of entrapment through different colors, styles and moods. The collection starts with darker representation of entrapment, as solitary figures feel lonely in an increasingly confusing world. This transitions to lighter colors and more literal view of being trapped through cages and snares. These representations continue throughout the collection in addition to religious and mythological entrapments, eventually ending on a serious tone of the effect of being trapped.

Dione, Danielle Kwaaitaal, 2009, From the collection of: Elgiz Museum

Lucio Fontana, "Cut", Milan, Ugo Mulas, 1965 - 1965, From the collection of: Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT

Hatano. Kanagawa, Daido Moriyama, 1964 - 2013, From the collection of: Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT

Trap, Ahn, Chang Hong, 안창홍, 1987, From the collection of: Korean Art Museum Association

Untitled #184, Cindy Sherman, 1988, From the collection of: Elgiz Museum

Though, Steinunn Thorarinsdottir, 2009, From the collection of: Elgiz Museum

Untitled (Donkey), Paola Pivi, 2003 - 2003, From the collection of: Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT

Course de taureaux (Bullfight), Luis Fernández, 1940, From the collection of: Bilboa Museoa. Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

Hermann and Dorothea, Wolfgang Lettl, 1981, From the collection of: Lettl Collection

Courting by the Window Grille, José Moreno Carbonero, 1874, From the collection of: Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga

The Cage, Berthe Morisot, 1885/1885, From the collection of: National Museum of Women in the Arts

Deaths in custody, Trevor NICKOLLS |, 1990, From the collection of: National Gallery of Australia

Fishermen Bringing in the Catch, Fausto Zonaro, Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century, From the collection of: Pera Museum

Fishing nets at Pourville, Claude Monet, 1882, From the collection of: Kunstmuseum

The Horse in the Cage, Xu Lei, 1997, From the collection of: Today Art Museum

Hinaki (eel/fish trap), Unknown, 1850/1900, From the collection of: Te Papa

Prostitute, Arturo Martini, 1913 - 1913, From the collection of: Ca' Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna

2 Beaded Slippers for Bound Feet, Unknown, 1875 - 1899, From the collection of: Corning Museum of Glass

Soul in Bondage, Elihu Vedder, 1891-1892, From the collection of: Brooklyn Museum

The Tribute Money, Titian, around 1516, From the collection of: Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums

Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison, John Downman, 1750–1824, British, 1779, From the collection of: Yale Center for British Art

A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, London, EC4, Rosoman, Leonard Henry (RA), 1940, From the collection of: Imperial War Museums

Othello Killing Desdemona, A. González Pineda, 1879, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Arte

Hercules kills Nessus, Marco Marchetti from Faenza, 1555/1556, From the collection of: Palazzo Vecchio Museum

The Prison, Italian, c. 1550, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Afrasiyab Killing Naudar, a folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1335 C.E., From the collection of: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Kumawakamaru, Kobayashi Kokei, 1907, From the collection of: Adachi Museum of Art

The Flagellation, Simon Bening, about 1525–1530, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, about 1535 - 1540, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Fishing Trip, They'll Be Coming Back Next Week, Norman Rockwell, 1919, From the collection of: Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA

The Rat Trap, Edmund Bristow, 1787–1876, British, early to mid-nineteenth century, From the collection of: Yale Center for British Art

Hare in trap, Sidney Nolan, 1946, From the collection of: Art Gallery of New South Wales

Dance, Jiří Sopko, 1986, From the collection of: Egon Schiele Art Centrum

Mutatis Mutandis, Dorota Mytych, 2005, From the collection of: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

“Saint’s daughters” (iaôs) confined in the initiation rite room, Salvador, BA. Brazil, Medeiros, José, 1951, From the collection of: Instituto Moreira Salles

Cementerio de Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, México, Graciela Iturbide, 1978, From the collection of: Fundacion MAPFRE

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