Satus and power can be related through clothing and uniforms. In the age of enlightenment, status and power of a noble woman would also be expressed through extravagant hairstyles and powdered wigs. In my series "Hair Cuts" I am playing with variations on the courtly white powdered wig through the technique of symmetrical paper cutting.
This 12"x12" paper cut was prepared for the AIB MFA alumni show and will be shown March 29th-April 30th, 2011 Hargate Gallery at St. Paul’s School Concord, NH Opening Reception: Friday, April 1st, 2011 - 6:00-8:00 pm
As part of my thesis exhibition I hung this 8' x 12' papercut into the lobby of 601 Newbury St., Boston MA. E Pluribus Unum - Of Many One and Novus Ordo Seculorum - A New Order for the Ages (sometimes translated as New World Order) is written around the image.
Total Equilibrium, absolut balance - that is a divine state. it is what happens after evolution, after all powers come to a halt. I wanted to visualize this state through a levitating Buddha. weightless - balanced - one.
Cain and Abel as newborns, suckling on their mothers teat. So far powers are equally distributed, no indication of what is to happen later on in their lives... This is another image for the MFA catalog (Jan 2011)