Sandy Skoglund is a contemporary artist who most famous in her photographs and sculptures. Skoglund was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, on September 11, 1946. Her father ran a family gas station, as well as garage.. Her mother, Dorothy, was a nurse. At the age of three Skoglund became ill with the disease polio, a virus that destroys nerve passages between the brain and muscles of the body. The disease paralyzed her left shoulder and weakened her left arm so much that she had to begin using her right hand, rather than her left hand. When she was eight, her father began working for Shell Oil Company. Every time he was promoted, the family had to move− from Massachusetts to Maine to Connecticut to South California (Wolf 38-39). Skoglund discovered
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Personally, when I saw this, I believed that it could represent Skoglund herself. When she was three, she became ill with polio which paralyzed her left shoulder and weakened her left arm. Because of her injury, Skoglund often felt different from the other children, making her become extremely aware of the difference between appearances and reality--between how things may look and how they are. She may not look handicapped, but unfortunately, she is. (Wolf 39). Skoglund suffered from a disease which made her a bit handicapped, which caused her to believe that she is different from everyone else. Suffering from a disease is not something that anyone can control. She may have felt unfair and unsatisfied with the world because of this handicap. She may also feel inferior to other at the same time. The grey fox can represent herself since all of them are foxes, but that one is different from the others in her psychological reality. Because of this difference, she starts to focus on many of the other differences found in the world. This also contributes to her development of her own art style. Surrealism is a world different from the reality world. She uses photographs, which are often believed to represent the truth, to express her art. She just wants to show that there are differences between how things look and how they often really
Personally, when I saw this, I believed that it could represent Skoglund herself. When she was three, she became ill with polio which paralyzed her left shoulder and weakened her left arm. Because of her injury, Skoglund often felt different from the other children, making her become extremely aware of the difference between appearances and reality--between how things may look and how they are. She may not look handicapped, but unfortunately, she is. (Wolf 39). Skoglund suffered from a disease which made her a bit handicapped, which caused her to believe that she is different from everyone else. Suffering from a disease is not something that anyone can control. She may have felt unfair and unsatisfied with the world because of this handicap. She may also feel inferior to other at the same time. The grey fox can represent herself since all of them are foxes, but that one is different from the others in her psychological reality. Because of this difference, she starts to focus on many of the other differences found in the world. This also contributes to her development of her own art style. Surrealism is a world different from the reality world. She uses photographs, which are often believed to represent the truth, to express her art. She just wants to show that there are differences between how things look and how they often really