[This is part five of a thesis paper about the series Toying with History. Here is the master post.] Knowing history might free us from repeating it unconsciously, but it … Continue reading Toying with History: Means of Representation
[This is part four of a thesis paper about the series Toying with History. Here is the master post.] Omission inflicts all the evils of censorship: it stifles first action, … Continue reading Toying with History: Quality of Representation
[This is part three of a thesis paper about the series Toying with History. Here is the master post.] Before familiarizing ourselves with the quality of women’s role models, let … Continue reading Toying with History: Quantity of Representation
[This is part two of a thesis paper about the series Toying with History. Here is the master post.] In any critical comparison of the present and the past, it … Continue reading Toying with History: How history repeats itself
[This is the first installment of my final MFA thesis paper. The master post is available here.] Abstract I use my paintings to playfully invite serious conversations. The series Toying … Continue reading Toying with History: Abstract and Introduction
[ Last summer my MFA class was tasked with predicting what in five years we would describe as the quintessential art of 2014. What, with the benefit of hindsight, will … Continue reading Predicting the future: A spectrum of irony
[Edit: I found this March 2014 post from about older work languishing in my drafts folder. I am no longer working with such crowded compositions, nor on 11 x 14″ … Continue reading Old stuff: more costumes
The D*sney princess dolls spark some fascinating conversations. (It’s part of why I repainted them three times.) I keep second-guessing this set of costumes. I’m on my third draft, so … Continue reading Doll collection: Princesses
My recent task has been to decide how to display these paper dolls. Months ago, I tried making an altered art history book into a popup display for paper dolls. … Continue reading From the archives: an old storage attempt
I mentioned some of the feedback I received from the first critique of term in this post. The task during the week following was to use those suggestions and criticisms. … Continue reading Incorporating criticism
[ The first two parts of this essay can be found here and here. Some images and detailed description of this final section have been omitted pending permission from the … Continue reading Play and fantasy
[ part 2 of the essay which began “To Thine Own Self Be True” ] Collection #1 ”Shades of Santayana! Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat … Continue reading Confronting and kowtowing to the canon
