Joseann Modeste

from UWI DCFA Certificate in Visual Arts Catalogue 2020

by UWI Department of Creative & Festival Arts

Unit Coordinator’s Remarks

When creating art I like to capture the different parts of the human anatomy through sculptures. This helps to create a visual representation of the issues that I am highlighting. I express these ideas with the medium Alginate, by encapsulating the intrinsic details of the human body and displaying the art in its most realistic form, this is my main purpose when I create.

“The sleeping man sleeps through life with little expectation for his future, his perspective of the world is set in black and white with no gray areas he is encapsulated within his own mind.”

THE SLEEPING MAN

“As she looked at herself in the mirror all she could see is a withered, frail representation of herself. As simple as it is, all she needed to do was eat, but eating became a task – small subtle cries for help, but no one could hear her since she only spoke to the voices in her head.” ANOREXIA

“As the disease progressively ate away one part of my breast, I knew I had to fight, I had to win this battle... I won the war instead – Cancer Survivor” THE UNKNOWN