the personal is political
These images draw from moments of social and political upheaval across a global collective struggle. Because they reflect shared human resistance, I take the liberty of “stealing” photographic fragments from newspapers and re-presenting them in a new form. Set against the pure field of white paper and veiled in vellum, they become, in a sense, eternalized—suspended between documentation and reflection. From a distance, their formal beauty draws the viewer in, only to reveal difficult, visceral records of daily realities. (1988–1994)
Newspaper images, vellum, and ink on Strathmore paper, 8.5 × 11 in. each (series of 60 works)
Newspaper images, vellum, and ink on Strathmore paper, 8.5 × 11 in. each (series of 60 works)
Newspaper images, vellum, and ink on Strathmore paper, 8.5 × 11 in. each (series of 60 works)
Installation — Group Exhibition, Bullet Space, 2014. Newspaper images, vellum, and ink on Strathmore paper, 8.5 × 11 in. each (series of 60 works)
Installation — Group Exhibition, Bullet Space, 2014. Newspaper images, vellum, and ink on Strathmore paper, 8.5 × 11 in. each (series of 60 works)
edition | THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL, newspaper image, vellum, paper, 1999
edition | THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL, newspaper image, vellum, glass, 1999