Blog Post 4: Laura Alvarez

The image I selected I believe is titled Robot Bird, and is a drawing on paper. The piece consists of a Double Agent Sirveinta (DAS) who seems to be in action throwing what seems to be a robot bird. The inspiration behind many of Laura's work is derived from Laura's upbringing and family/personal background; she also believes that art should be personal. This piece is very personal in the sense that the theme of DAS, arose through her father and mother. Laura's father is a war veteran and worked a very mysterious job as Laura was growing up and her mother was a maid and she at times worked along her mother's side cleaning houses.  The mystery of her fathers work sparked the interest of creating a secret agent character and the work of her mother also aided to the creation. Laura's imagination also credits to the creation of the world of DAS a 20-year project so far. Laura isn’t only creating artwork for her characters, she is also creating music and film that supports or works together with the artwork.  I believe that Laura is able to challenge traditional notion. She does so by creating many works of art that feature a maid, who is a secret agent, a women who is empowering and who is clearly not your conventional maid.