Art History 2D Inspiration

I'm thinking about doing some female figures since I haven't done any explicitly female forms. And looking through art history there is definitely not a lack of female representation, whether it is good representation is another issue. I'm going to ignore the reclining nudes because they are so overused in all the possible ways I'm going to puke.

I thought about that idea of making a collage-like sculpture. I think to be able to do that I might have to make different separate parts and put them together? I'm still not sure how to execute that.
I looked at the works of Hannah Hoch my favorite collage artist and I found this.

I remember I had a sketch last year with a figure on a trapezoid base like this!! I was already thinking about turning my sketches into 3D works.
Now what makes Hoch's figures great is that they are part conventionally pretty and part African mask (or other things). I won't be copying her style, of course, but I like that contrast. I think I would try using different materials for each part.

AP 3D Concentration Ideas

Still feeling really uninspired at the moment so I'll just list some things on the top of my head, in no particular order.

1. nature vs. human objects
I'm planning on doing a sculpture of a fragmented caterpillar with one section of its body transformed into a watch. If I continue this idea I would be looking for parts of animals or plants that resemble man-made objects, and actually making that part the object. The caterpillar watch idea came from a surreal painting I sketched but never painted. Another sketch I did that might fit into this concentration is the human figure with scissors. Human body is natural and scissors are man-made objects. This idea is awfully similar to Dali's lobster phone.

2. queer representation
Also belongs to the things-that-piss-me-off list. It's no news that I care a lot about gender and sexuality issues, but they're a pain in the butt to present visually. Recently I've been upset by a certain television series's reluctance (or hesitance, we don't really know) to put the romantic narrative of its two male leads into text. Although I'm grateful that society has come to a place where we can actually talk about this sort of thing, I'm saddened by how it has to struggle to be recognized and the dismissive attitude adopted by the general public. Many people, including my younger self, are still seeing sexuality as labels rather than a spectrum. I've always wanted to do something that criticize the representation of LGBTQ in media, or show the diversity in sexuality. But how I would go about that I have no idea, at least I'm still thinking.

3. effemiphobia
A word I learned only several days ago, but have known the effects since the day I started hating pink (I don't hate it anymore). Another entry into the things-that-piss-me-off list. Effemiphobia is the rejection of traditionally-defined feminine traits for the underlying fear of being seen as weak. I want more people to know about this concept and realize in themselves that they have been a victim of this attitude. I personally went through the process. When I was much younger I did everything to not act like a "girl," even though I identify as one, because I thought I had to be more "manly" to be taken seriously. This hatred and contempt for feminine traits is the reason for a lot of sexism, but not many people know about it.

4. decay
I've thought about this idea for AP 2D last year. I'm thinking about different things decomposing and breaking down. It started out toward more organic decomposition but now I think it might include human destruction as well, or even metaphorical decay rather than literal.

5. fabric
Ugh, I really want to do something with fabric. I'm still thinking about it.