Nineteen Twenty-Four 

Alba Olea 2023

Five (5’’ x 5”) Wood Panels

Mix-Media Painting and Installation

 

In this final project, I explore personal narratives from the ages of 19 to 24 years of age. Memories and traumas that marked or influenced my pathways in life. In the paintings, they tell the story from left to right.

 

Part one shows my struggle with weight when finding out I am pregnant and losing the child I had always wanted. There is a loss of identity and a deep depression. I am 19 years old

 

Part two is inspired by Sandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, but I spin it to show my rebirth after healing and losing weight. Though that happiness is only a ticking time bomb from heartbreak. I am around 20-21 years old

 

Part 3 is the worst heartbreak I’ve ever experienced though its a lesson to not seek love within others guiding me to another journey. At the end of 21 years old

 

Part four is the inner struggle when learning roe v wade is overturned…  Feeling scared and triggered from my prior experiences and feeling out of control. I am 22 years old

 

Part five represents me now, learning to love myself as I am. Embracing my own identity, even when the path may be foggy or unpredictable. Using objects as representation of my passions and pathways in life