Professor Jono Vaughan's Presentation

For me, art is a way that had helped many people to express, specially the oppressed and confused. It is not coincidence that society that have passed from moments of oppression and confusion have created wonderful pieces of art like jazz, reggae (do not confuse with reggaeton), salsa, etc... Professor Jono Vaughan's presentation shows the influence of her life as a transgender is reflected in her art.
It is very admirable that she dedicates many of her paints to help others, by portraying her moments of gender confusion. I found very interesting her paint of the minotaur holding the harpy over her head. In my opinion, the paint represented the struggle in her mind about what society expected (the minotaur) and what she really felt (the harpy.)
I find her style very similar to Picasso. Picasso's style was very peculiar, it does not show cohesion or aesthetically beautiful. Many people argue that it symbolizes the period of confusion that Picasso was living, which was during the Spanish Civil War. In that period, the Spanish society was very confused of what was happening in the country, there was war between factions that were fighting more for political power than their ideals.

Picasso's Guernica