The Hunt for Plastic Surgery Ads

So on the art side of things, I've decided to start making collages, you know, just to get some crazy ideas flowing. And since I'm in Korea, I wanted to pull imagery from only Korean things, and see what they become under the guide of my westernized eye. And speaking of westernized eyes, one thing present among the mass of imagery here that has caught this eye is the prevalence of plastic surgery ads.

However, they are strange b/c there is this clear divide between what is a good nose, eye, arm, etc and a bad nose, eye, arm, etc. There is clearly a universal standard in Korea, but unfortunately the people themselves are only particulars, hence the great success of plastic surgeons. They're also strange b/c the ads are just these very raw comparisons of flesh, good flesh and bad flesh. So visually I think they're quite intriguing.

Ok, so in order to make these collages, I set up some parameters to make it a game of sorts.

1.) There will be 2 main figures in the piece.
2.) I must use at least one image from a plastic surgery ad.
3.) I am not allowed to pencil in lines and then ink them over later. Every line must be fresh and not premeditated. If I screw up, so be it.
4.) There must be a title.

So I asked my host mom for assistance in acquiring such ads. And she pulled through yesterday while her youngest daughter received her unwanted hair cut. As 유경 got her hair trimmed, my host mom and I poured through old magazines that the hair dresser had saved, and cut out as many ads as we could find. My host mom would turn to me and say, "How about these eyes? Do you like these eyes?" And I would reply with a zealous, "Ooo! Yes! Cut those eyes out please!" We would go back and forth like this, replacing eyes with noses, ears, breasts, and other body parts. By the time 유경 jumped out of her chair to show us her hair, we had cut out quite the stack of body parts and altered faces. I was thrilled.

The Gravity of a Different Type of Mass (m), collage and pen & ink on paper

As of recently, I've finally begun to focus on art stuff more consistently, so if you're curious about how drawing and the whatnot is going, I'll be posting images here as I go along.