Clare Rojas

克莱尔·罗哈斯

Clare Rojas is best known for her folk-inspired work, encompassing a wide range of media, including painting, installation, film, quilting and print-making. In addition, she sings and plays guitar and banjo under the name of Peggy Honeywell. She has produced several CDs of her own songs, such as Faint Humms (2005) and Green Mountain (2006).

克莱尔·罗哈斯以其来自民间灵感的作品最为著名，包含了广泛的媒介，如绘画、装置、电影、接缝和版画。此外，她还以佩妮·哈尼维尔的艺名进行吉他和班卓琴的弹唱。她已经制作了几张专辑，如“轻声哼吟”(2005)和“青山”(2006)。

Rojas’ work is made using flat blocks of colour, betraying her origins as a printmaker. Filled with imagery from fables - giving rise to feelings of nostalgia, and even loss - its apparent naivety and homespun quality, is countered by a political edge. A fundamental proposition is the artist’s challenge to sexual stereotyping; with ironic humour she foils interactions between men and women by a natural world that serves as a powerful mysterious backdrop. Men are often shown naked, whereas women are fully clothed, in a sexualized poses reminiscent of the way women are often portrayed, not only by fashion magazines and other mass media, but also in the art world.

罗哈斯在作品中运用单调的色块，透露了她版画制作家的出身。大量来自寓言和传说的形象，激发了观众的怀旧甚至失落情绪，这种溢于言表的天真和日常家庭的特质，遭遇了政治冲击。其中最基本的命题是艺术家对传统的性别角色发起的挑战。她以自然界的强大神秘为背景，用反讽的幽默手法衬托了其所设定的男女交往关系。男人总是赤身裸体，而女人则穿得严严实实，摆着极具性别特征的姿势，让人联想起时尚杂志和大众媒体，以及艺术世界对女人进行描绘的单一方式。