Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition, in this context, is the idea of creating an image which challenges the word being represented. The imagery and text must have opposing and supporting connotations, depending on your viewpoint.

For the first poster, for the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition on beauty, entitled Ugly, I chose to use a picture of a beautiful woman, with underarm hair, as many people in western society would find this unattractive and even repulsive. However, in some cultures, and certainly in recent British history, it was considered attractive. The image represents the ambiguous nature of beauty and ugliness.

The image below is of artist and sculpturer, Alison Lapper. She stands out because she was not afraid to portray her disability, and an installation piece of her was exhibited in Trafalgar Square. To some people a naked person with a disability might not be typically beautiful, however, the poster tries to illustrate that beauty means different things to different people, through a controversial piece.