ASH HAGLUND | AN ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I approach collage as a meditative practice exploring reconciliation and healing. Much of my work is a reflection of woman’s existence and a reimagination of that reality in a post-patriarchal world. I aim to connect personal relationships and activated stories at the center of my subject matter through visualization of lived experience. My former career in commercial fashion lends me a unique perspective on how women and femininity have been portrayed in media. The female centerpieces applied to my work are sourced from both vintage and contemporary fashion magazines and Playboy. I often reform the image’s narrative from its original intent in order to redirect the oppression and objectification of women in mass media to confront patriarchal attitudes and structures of today’s society.