Creativity Assignment

 

Tiffany McLeod

Creativity Assignment




Anthony Quinn was born with creativity running through his blood line.  His mother used to craft hand sewn handkerchiefs by drawing pictures on linen and selling them in order to feed the family.  Anthony's father embraced his artistic talent by playing Mexican folk songs on the guitar.  Even though their home was a humble shack, his mother took great pride in keeping their dirt floors clean.  At a young age Anthony learned that regardless of how poor he was he was convinced life could be made richer through the arts.   






I choose the Lolanda solid wood sculpture by Anthony Quinn.  Lonanda Addolori was Anthony's  costume designer and second wife whom he was madly in love with for 31 years.  The marriage crumbled in 1993 when he had an affair with his secretary that resulted in a baby being born.   This sculpture really showed the essence of a woman embracing her curves in a way that screams confidence.  In a world where size has become such a stigma of what the face of  beauty should be and the shape  of  a woman has been viewed that if you have curves or meat on your bones you are now obese and not attractive. This sculpture shows that Anthony had a love for a woman that was curvy, he excentuated hips that told a story and a stomach that had a buldge weather before or after giving birth and a stance that said yes i am still yet sexy.  

I thought this piece to be quite creative because through the eyes of Mr. Quinn he saw beauty in a way that others could only see from the surface.  He took the time to carve each shape and bring forth pieces that others may just have missed from the naked eye.