For this blog post, I chose to look closely at Yolanda Lopez's piece Self-Portrait that's one of three from her series "Tres Mujeres/Three Generations". In this self portrait, the artist draws herself standing with baggy clothes and glasses on, staring directly at the audience. In the other two drawings, one of her mother and one of her grandmother, she has them pose in a similar stance. I was originally drawn to this art piece because of how simply unique it is. It became abruptly aware after I thought about why I liked this particular image so much that it was because she is simply herself. Lopez isn't standing in a sexual, attention-seeking position, she isn't naked or wearing clothes or gazing at a male in the image. It's just her, in the mostly beautiful way.
After reading Davalos' analyses of this series, I learned that this was exactly her intention. Lopez created this series to contrast the hyper-sexualized illustrations women often are drawn as in art. In addition, Davalos discussed that Lopez was very inspired by sociological theory "that argues that body language conveys one's personality, sentiment, and unspoken attitudes" (65). Lopez used this series to create this relationship between herself, her mother, and her grandmother.
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