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Spectacle Spectacular: Drawings
The spectacle of the fashion industry is intended to inspire cooptation of consumeristic
values among the masses. The primary focus of my Spectacle Spectacular drawings is
to explore and expose the consumer underpinnings that are psychodynamic and can be
found within the environments of fashion editorials that feature consumable products.
The focal point of the fashion editorials of popular culture is product placement,
promotion, and sales. In my drawings I remove the products, therefore changing the
focal point. Through this process I discovered a repeating theme: the importance of
high culture practices and participating in it. Because of this perception, I believe that
the featured products, which I remove, function as souvenirs for the spectator, the
consumer. By removing the products I heighten the viewer's awareness of the
psychodynamic power of the environments in which products are presented.
Please click on the thumbnails of each work below to view a larger image.
values among the masses. The primary focus of my Spectacle Spectacular drawings is
to explore and expose the consumer underpinnings that are psychodynamic and can be
found within the environments of fashion editorials that feature consumable products.
The focal point of the fashion editorials of popular culture is product placement,
promotion, and sales. In my drawings I remove the products, therefore changing the
focal point. Through this process I discovered a repeating theme: the importance of
high culture practices and participating in it. Because of this perception, I believe that
the featured products, which I remove, function as souvenirs for the spectator, the
consumer. By removing the products I heighten the viewer's awareness of the
psychodynamic power of the environments in which products are presented.
Please click on the thumbnails of each work below to view a larger image.
D A W N H U N T E R
Pretty Eager to Please
graphite, ink and pen on paper
20" x 40", 2007
graphite, ink and pen on paper
20" x 40", 2007
A Toast
graphite, ink and pen on paper
20" x 40", 2006
graphite, ink and pen on paper
20" x 40", 2006
Nice Girls Don't Draw Like That
graphite, ink and pen on paper
25" x 45", 2007
graphite, ink and pen on paper
25" x 45", 2007
Gossip Has People Talking
graphite, ink and pen on paper
30" x 44", 2007
graphite, ink and pen on paper
30" x 44", 2007
Design of a Classic Conception
graphite, ink and pen on paper
40" x 50", 2007
graphite, ink and pen on paper
40" x 50", 2007
graphite, ink and pen on paper
20" x 40", 2007
graphite, ink and pen on paper
30" x 44", 2007
Every Body is Most Beautiful
graphite, ink and pen on paper
30" x 44", 2007
graphite, ink and pen on paper
30" x 44", 2007
Her Head in the Clouds
graphite, ink and pen on paper
40" x 50", 2007
graphite, ink and pen on paper
40" x 50", 2007
See How You Appear to Others
graphite, ink and pen on paper
30" x 44", 2007
graphite, ink and pen on paper
30" x 44", 2007
Swan Song
graphite, ink and pen on paper
20" x 40", 2006
graphite, ink and pen on paper
20" x 40", 2006
Common Practice
graphite, ink, pen and silver leaf on paper
20" x 30", 2007
graphite, ink, pen and silver leaf on paper
20" x 30", 2007
It was a Far Better Place that They Went To
graphite, ink and pen on paper
40" x 50", 2007
graphite, ink and pen on paper
40" x 50", 2007
Portfolios
My Barbie Series:
The Zita Drawings:
Spectacle Spectacular Portfolios:
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Baby Elephant
graphite, ink and pen on paper
19" x 24", 2009
graphite, ink and pen on paper
19" x 24", 2009
Vampires
graphite, ink and pen on paper
17" x 24", 2009
graphite, ink and pen on paper
17" x 24", 2009
Who has Time for Lunch
graphite, ink and pen on paper
19" x 24", 2009
graphite, ink and pen on paper
19" x 24", 2009
Unnatural Equation
graphite, ink and pen on paper
12" x 24", 2009
graphite, ink and pen on paper
12" x 24", 2009
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The drawings featured on
this page were created
mostly by images extracted
from issues of Vogue
magazine from 1980-1990.
Prior to beginning each
drawing I deconstructed
and reconstructed select
issues; by that I mean I
created a unique 3-D
maquette to serve as a still
life for each work. Multiple
fashion editorials were
re-edited, slashed, cut, and
pasted into a composite
subject for each work.
this page were created
mostly by images extracted
from issues of Vogue
magazine from 1980-1990.
Prior to beginning each
drawing I deconstructed
and reconstructed select
issues; by that I mean I
created a unique 3-D
maquette to serve as a still
life for each work. Multiple
fashion editorials were
re-edited, slashed, cut, and
pasted into a composite
subject for each work.
Birthday Cake
graphite, ink and pen on paper
26" x 40", 2010
graphite, ink and pen on paper
26" x 40", 2010
The Magician
graphite, ink and pen on paper
26" x 40", 2010
graphite, ink and pen on paper
26" x 40", 2010
Smooth Operations
graphite, ink and pen on paper
30" x 44", 2010
graphite, ink and pen on paper
30" x 44", 2010
Please click on the
thumbnails of each work to
view a larger image.
thumbnails of each work to
view a larger image.
Link to: 2009 essay by Dr. Cheryl Kramer
Director Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College.
Director Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College.