Apocalypse of Innocence-Anneliese Hucal



















artist statement---children today are so different than i was as a child. when i was little i used to help set the kitchen table, play outside, and cringe at the screwball violence in bugs bunny cartoons. now, children are watching MTV and cutting themselves for Justin Beiber. little girls are becoming more and more comfortable with the sexualization of our culture and little boys are becoming more and more violent. my piece represents the almost uncontrollable training they recieve from birth to mimic the behavioral patterns of those around them. we try to put them in classrooms and teach them to behave but the worst of the negative education occurs within that setting where children are given instructions and left to their own devices to interpret the behavior of others. babies are born with a clean slate, but we are the ones unconsciously who f*** them up. innocence is disappearing as we become more and more prone to expose our children to our own dark truths.

A'Riane Holliday