Life of Sweetness—The Barbie Cult Hide in the Consumerism

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 藝術與造形設計學系碩士班 === 107 === Barbie is a collective memory of many people. She is not merely a toy, but also represents the dream of many girls. The author combines her own experience of playing Barbie to explore how the value and beauty of Barbie which has been deeply rooted in our...

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Main Authors: Jing-Yi Shie, 謝靜怡
Other Authors: Meng-Shu You
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2019
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8s8qq7
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Summary:碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 藝術與造形設計學系碩士班 === 107 === Barbie is a collective memory of many people. She is not merely a toy, but also represents the dream of many girls. The author combines her own experience of playing Barbie to explore how the value and beauty of Barbie which has been deeply rooted in our hearts, and how the charm has aroused the material desires of people's hearts. The author hopes that with a series of creative and introspective processes, we can looking for the true beautiful image of life. Barbie's dress and lifestyle have caused many women to follow. This phenomenon has came a of social trend which called Barbie's complex. In order to make themselves more like Barbie, woman are crazy for buying dress and cosmetic, losing their weight or even having plastic surgery. The author will use the work of the" Belle"to observe the material code of the advertising flyer, and extend the two series to create the material of "BUY substance" and " Fetish " in the form of composite media. Explore how Barbie provokes the desire and worship of the public. The author uses Barbie, luxury goods and dessert elements to express the desire for material in the viewer's mind through these symbolic symbols, and then re-examine the view of Barbie through deconstruction and reconstruction, and sublimate her own material desire from creation. By combining religious symbols, Barbie has become the god of desire, and those who have Barbie’s complex are pathetic. They believe in the value of money supremacy, worship the world of materialism. Through these work of art,the author tries to make people to reconsider about the important value of life.