{"id":6645,"date":"2015-08-10T17:06:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T23:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=6645"},"modified":"2015-08-10T17:06:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T23:06:13","slug":"perception-of-beauty-and-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2015\/08\/10\/perception-of-beauty-and-perfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Perception of Beauty and Perfection"},"content":{"rendered":"

A profile series on the artists and individuals of\u00a0The Art Classic<\/em>, one of this year\u2019s exhibitions at the LA County Fair \u2013 September 4-27, 2015
\n\"the\u201cI don’t see the world through the same lens as everybody else\u201d \u2013 Jana Cruder
\n\"\"Jana Cruder<\/a> is a fine-art photographer who is originally from Greensburg, PA – a small rural town outside of Pittsburgh. Since she spent all of her life in the East, coming to the West was very different and eye-opening. When she visited the Southwest on a photo trip, the lighting intrigued her. I guess you could say that she fell in love with our side of the country because after graduating, she moved to Los Angeles, where she has resided for over 10 years now.
\n\"\"Her creative process starts with a general idea of what she is trying to convey, and then she finds a location that will help her convey this idea.\u00a0 In her series \u201cWhat Lies Beneath,\u201d Cruder is commenting on “the endless QUESTING young women in our culture do after the perfect \u2018KEN.’\u201d She is urging the viewer to think about where we get the idea of beauty from in culture, and how the Barbie doll can influence what we see as beautiful.
\n\"\"In her other photo series, \u201cGreat Expectations,\u201d Cruder calls to attention to what happens when Barbie finds her perfect Ken. This series comments on the \u201cgreat expectations\u201d of young women to have a perfect husband, a home, and kids forming the ideal family unit. In the series the photos show that these great expectations are sometimes too much, and the ideals of a family unit are changing.
\n\"\"Jana selects her models very carefully. \u201cI seek them out. Some are from agencies others are people I\u2019ve met out and about\u2026 the look and feel of the models in my imagery is very important to the concept I\u2019m talking about.\u201d
\nJana Cruder\u2019s work will be featured in the Millard Sheets Art Center\u2019s upcoming exhibition\u00a0The Art Classic<\/em>.<\/a>
\nPlease join us this year at the\u00a0LA County Fair<\/a>\u00a0to view Jana\u2019s work and the other artists profiled in this series from the\u00a0Los Angeles Art Association<\/a>\u00a0who were selected for this year\u2019s exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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