Winners' Exhibition 2024–25
GOLD

Gold Award, Global Arts Challenge 2024–25

Christina Y.

The Moon and the Shepherd

Theme
Social Justice & Equality
Specialism
3D & Spatial Design
Final model. PVC board, kraft card paper, wooden stick, plastic ball and dried plant, 80 × 80 × 60 cm.
Final model. PVC board, kraft card paper, wooden stick, plastic ball and dried plant, 80 × 80 × 60 cm.
Starting point: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Diana and Endymion, and the student's analysis of drapery and gaze.
Starting point: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Diana and Endymion, and the student's analysis of drapery and gaze.
Translating the painting's drapery into stairs and platforms.
Translating the painting's drapery into stairs and platforms.
Material tests: two small-scale prototypes.
Material tests: two small-scale prototypes.
Final model, details.
Final model, details.

Artist's statement

This work deconstructs the romanticized portrayal of nudity and clothing in Jean Honoré Fragonard's Diana and Endymion. In this painting, fabrics seem to accentuate rather than conceal the body, reinforcing the male gaze.

My work transforms the body into a rigid platform and clothing into geometric stairs, symbolizing how garments guide perception. Each step reflects the causality between dressing, undressing, and objectification. By stripping away the softness and sensual allure of the original composition, this work presents a stark, unembellished exploration of the gaze. It invites viewers to confront the ways art has historically framed the body, transforming passive observation into critical reflection.

This work was selected for a Gold Award by a judging panel of faculty from the Royal College of Art, Central Saint Martins, Parsons, Yale and RISD.

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