A young girl feels the pressures of trying to fit in and look 'perfect’ and imagines herself as the ‘cover girl’ of 'VOGUE'. In this drawing I am looking at the stigma, and pressures young people feel, by the fashion industry and the media, of what being ‘beautiful and perfect’ looks like.
'OMG! I'm in VOGUE!'
Oil pastels on cartridge paper
590mm x 420mm
By Ijlal Olguner 2018, reworked in 2021
A young girl feels the pressures of trying to fit in and look 'perfect’ and imagines herself as the ‘cover girl’ of 'VOGUE'. In this drawing I am looking at the stigma, and pressures young people feel, by the fashion industry and the media, of what being ‘beautiful and perfect’ looks like.
Ijlal Olguner
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