Feminine Rage
Level of Education of Students Involved
Undergraduate
Faculty Sponsor
Sarah Jantzi
Discipline(s)
Studio Art, painting with acrylics and additives
Presentation Type
Artistic Presentation
Symposium Date
Spring 4-24-2025
Abstract
The inspiration for these paintings has been brewing inside my head for quite some time now. I wanted to make a project about how crushing it feels when you just can't seem to understand. That time you got angry at yourself and even those around you for not understanding the statistics homework after three people tried to help you. Pent up anger, or sadness. That time you threw your phone at the wall because of a cyclical, frustrating argument. A 'cherry-on-top' outburst that comes from a place complete frustration. As well as a place of fear. Is that a fear of being taken advantage of? Is it a fear of being stupid? A fear of being weak? Being "too" emotional makes people feel vulnerable, or even weak. When you're emotions are so large, it feels like they're taking up too much space. Like they might get in the way of perfectly good things. Words and poetries, textures, images of the female body and human flesh and flowers are all representative of vulnerability and are used to do so in this project. Choosing to be vulnerable in comfortable environments can be freeing and necessary. That is, only when it is you who chooses to make you feel vulnerable.
Recommended Citation
Roll, Brianna L., "Feminine Rage" (2025). Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 1431.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/1431
Biographical Information about Author(s)
Brianna Roll is a senior at Valparaiso University. She has an Art Major, and an Individualized Minor in Dance. She has a shining passion for creating, whether that be in studio art classes, in fashion, or on stage! She participates heavily in VU's theatre department. There she works in the scene shop in her free time, building set pieces. Brianna has performed in both of the productions that were put on stage this academic year! She hopes to take her studio art knowledge to the next level after college and expand her horizons into the world of Performance Art.