Hair Cut: Pompadour

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.

Hair Cut:

Nightsight

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

Nightsight

This 12"x12" paper cut goes to

E Pluribus Unum

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.

Powers at Play

This paper cut is mounted floating on the gallery wall or on a backdrop and lit from the front, creating a dropped shadow.

Balanced Buddha

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

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)

Cerebus

Cerebus, the three headed hell hound. this image is mounted floating and back lit, creating a warm glow around the silhouette of the paper cut.

Kilim

This quadrilateral symmetrical paper cut works as a floor-piece, the floor itself providing the background