Luis
Sandoval

LoveJoy High School｜Lucas, TX

TEACHER: Brice McCasland

Drawing

Painted paper cut out male doll with transferable

Untitled｜17.5 x 9.5 in.

Idea(s): Create a doll to portray the confinement and expectations placed upon me Material(s): chipboard to construct box and stand, Magnet sheet for clothes and figure, painted with oil paint. Process(es): paint outfits I believe others would want me to wear to convey idea of expectations being placed

Student
statement

Throughout my investigation I have reflected on the way I was raised and the factors which contributed to my development. I seek to represent the pressures and boundaries put around me by my family in attempts to mold me into their desired son. As a child I reciprocated to these rights and wrongs and learned to conform myself, but through time as I have developed my own opinions, I have been able to look back at what caused me to change myself and what caused me to filter myself.

Through the portrayal of situations and the creation and recreation of objects and toys, I seek to share the confinement I have experienced because of my gender in a visual and tactile way. I do not seek to tell others how to think or believe, but I do wish to convey that the culmination of rigid gender boundaries affected me in a way that was not beneficial to the development of my identity.

Luis Sandoval

Teacher

statement

Brice McCasland

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Hi, I'm Brice McCasland and I was privileged enough to be Luis Sandoval's instructor. I think one of the really powerful things about Luis’s body of work is the fact that it really connects to everyone.

We've all been in a place where we've been forced to follow some sort of societal or cultural or gender norm based on our environment or the people were around and, and it takes, I think, a lot of introspection and reflection to come to the source of those standards or those norms that we try to follow. And I really love that Luis's work involves

We've all been in a place where we've been forced to follow some sort of societal or cultural or gender norm based on our environment or the people we're around and, and it takes, I think, a lot of introspection and reflection to come to the source of those standards or those norms that we try to follow. And I really love that Luis's work involves the viewer in this process. I think that this piece, in particular in his body, really shows a really deep commitment to process, and really planning around his idea. I think that the way that he used materials and his process to connect back to his idea and especially in regard to the way that he chose to use different medias such as chipboard to represent something rough and masculine, and then something softer. And, and in this case the idea of material like a magnet that's flexible, and then use something that is also very traditional. This idea of tradition and time being used with oil paint and those medias. The box being this confinement in this space where you have these other things that are placed and trapped. And then the magnet being this thing that is this flexible part in this part that you can … we don't always think of in terms when we think of people using a material to make fine art, cut magnet right and then you use a medium like oil paint on top of something that is flexible and new and different. And the oil paint brings this concept of tradition and this expectation and I love that … not just that; he was introspective enough to use these ideas or use these materials to chase his idea, but, that he did so, in such a profound and really thoughtful way. There is a lot of complexity and nuance in how he put these things together to realize his idea and to realize his concept. The other aspect of this work that I think is really wonderful is how it engages the viewer. There is an aspect of performance and presentation to this work by involving the viewer and allowing the viewer to touch these things that are quite intimate. You get to dress a body and you get to have your hands on something that traditionally you're not allowed to touch: oil paintings. And I think that that level of open qualities and revealing oneself to the world is really profound and beautiful, and I love it. I couldn't be more proud, thanks.

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Paper patterns and templates for magnetic doll

Untitled | 4.5 x 2 in. Material(s): tracing paper, pencil to draw clothing, then transfer to flexible magnetic pad and paint w/oil paint Process(es): draw clothes on tracing paper, transfer to paper and magnet, paint, scrape to make bold mark/form

Detail

In my body of work, I am investigating how I was molded by my environment to follow gender norms. This body is a reflection and recreation of specific objects and scenarios which played roles in confining me at varying stages of life.

Luis Sandoval

Lucy MacDougall

Ma'Laysia Martin

Luis Sandoval

Student statement

Luis
Sandoval

Student
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