Xandra Ibarra’s work is very direct and to the point of causing a reaction. Based on the art, readers are able to gauge that Ibarra has no shyness about herself or voice. A particular collection that stood out to me was from the Ecdysis collection. The first piece has an image of Ibarra in a pool with a cockroach. To me it demonstrated a sameness with the cockroach. She was not in disgust of the cockroach. Instead, she was relaxed. The additional photo was of the artist laying on the floor with the cockroach. For me it stood out because it illustrated the connection she finds with the creature. All we can see is the skin of the cockroach. The photo helps to imply that the skin has shed off the cockroach, but not just any cockroach. It helps point viewers to see her as the cockroach having evolved or matured. In this new state of maturity, she is comfortable and confident and unapologetic. I thought it important to create a parallel between something we normally deem as ugly and something we see as beauty, that being ourselves.
A question I would like to bring up is what was the process in coming to choose a cockroach? I would be curious to hear of how Ibarra came to the realization that a cockroach would be the object that would reflect what she feels she experienced. Additionally, I would like to know whether this image of the cockroach is meant to apply to more than one type of person? For example, can this cockroach fit to represent the maturing of a child as they come to the realization of the reality of things. Or would this image be able to represent the individual that has shed the perspective of an ideal and toxic world, who is finally coming to grips with their own ideals?
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