B O O K S T A C K

I have chosen to make 3 separate book stacks with different, unconnected themes and concepts. It is my hope that by exploring three separate approaches I may learn the most about which approaches are best suited to the up-and -coming projects we will explore and expand upon in this course.
E N J O Y

JAWS Fanart (Ana Platanos, 2024)

For my first book stack I’ve chosen to create a book scape reminiscent of a beach with rolling waves. Formalistically speaking this is my best work out of the three book stacks presented because of its dynamic and creative composition. In terms of concept the book “The Old Man and the Sea” Being positioned like it’s about to be swallowed by the waves (so-to-speak) is a cheeky twist that I hope reminds you the viewer of when that sad old man died in JAWS.

The Maiden, The Mother, and The Crone. (Ana Platanos, 2024)

For this bookscape the phenomenon of viewing woman as either The Maiden, The Mother, or The Crone (as per the title! Haha) found throughout literary history, religious practices and feminist theory is represented. The arrangement of the books arranged both in order of how the three figures are often referred to also serves the conceptual purpose of creating a sort of hierarchy for the trope. Both the Maiden and the Mother lean on the crone for example, however the crone peers through the shadows tucked away and unnoticed. As I battle with myself and my place in the world both in career, family and spirituality as a young woman the history of these tropes and their place in my life and every woman and non man’s life is significant and worth contemplation.

Pretentious (Ana Platanos, 2024)

To be pretentious is to act or behave in a way that expresses you think you’re important, usually more than you really are. I am a super pretentious person and actually I believe that’s the only way to be especially as an artist. I have no idea if what I make is good or why people should like it. At the same time I wholeheartedly believe they should! I like myself, I like my art and I will never apologize for thinking that what I have to share with the world is worth sharing. In order to create both art and connections within art I believe you have to do what every artist in my bookshelf of artist biographies has done, place worth on yourself, your art and the artists of previous and contemporary. In this piece I have created both a book stack and an altar dedicated to these individuals, my own principles and my own goals.