All from changing 

Fernanda Suarez created this digital painting, "All from changing," in the late 20th or early 21st century. It depicts a woman with origami cranes positioned over her body. The presentation of the female nude throughout art history has often served to reinforce the patriarchal structures of its time; with its frank sensuality, this image questions the conservative expectations which frame this established genre. The origami cranes, particularly, act as a visual code, referencing the Japanese legend of the 'One Thousand Cranes', which promises a wish granted to anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes. What wish might this woman have? Could she represent the artist's wish for a change in cultural attitudes? As art historians, we look to critical texts, social histories, and cultural studies to decode these layers of meaning, to see how art both reflects and actively shapes the society around it.