gallery > 2012 BFA Senior Thesis: Out of Many, Down to one

Out of Many, Down to One.

This collection is a personal archive satirizing the patriarchal elite and the divide between two political parties, both clinging to their values. I use comedic elements in my work to respond to the heightened political conflict in order to subvert society’s structure within my own weave structure. The juxtaposition of serious power figures in sexualized poses with tattoos creates a dialogue between gendered space like the government, the “woman’s” work of weaving, and the stigma of feminism.

The country’s motto, Out of Many, One, is a utopian ideal intended to promote equality in a rebirth from an old monarchial Europe. However, a country divided by a growing wealth gap between both rich and poor, and male and female, does not incorporate this change from the past. A new democratic awakening on the horizon, Occupy Wall Street, confronts the divisive wedges of corruption, greed, and high unemployment. As the underground uprising of Occupy Wall Street continues, I assert my footing and power within the structure through weaving by taking the shame out of the vagina and drawing attention to imbalance of the sexes.

2012
2012
Flesh, Petal Pink, Oleander, Lipstick
Woven cotton, acrylics, wool, and silk
5 x 9 feet
2012
2012
Financial Chaos
Thomas Nast Political Cartoon TC-1 woven cotton
27" x 60"
2011
The Disappeared
screen printed cotton, the 300,000 disappeared of Argentina
45" x 15'
2012
Detail: The Disappeared
screen printed cotton, the 300,000 disappeared of Argentina
45" x 15'
2012
Colorblind
screen print applique
45" x 60"
2012
Occupy Toile
screen print, tea stained cotton organdy with black dye
1 yard
2011
Andy
Andrew Jackson TC-1 woven cotton
2012
$3000
Teddy
TC-1 woven cotton
27" x 48"
2011
Dub-ya
TC-1 woven cotton
27" x 48"
2011