Thursday, April 21, 2011

End Of Graduate School - Year 1

Welcome all!


Well, it's been a long crazy year. Time for updates!
The two above paintings we made in the first half of the semester. The above painting (Gender Coercion) was exhibited at Art Alley Gallery in Lansing during late February. Also exhibited was my BFA series Calendar Girls, as well as the work of Deborah Wheeler. Photos of Calendar Girls are available at my website www.carbonmade.rebekahzurenko.com, and photos of the exhibition are available on my facebook page. Check it out, it looks pretty awesome.

These two photos/photo collages are from an elaborate photo shoot that took place this semester. The below photo features the Dyke suit that I created out of a repurposed cover all and a bedazzler. Bedazzling is much more labor intensive than the commercial makes it appear. This is the Dykon, an elaboration of an earlier designed character. Dykon = dyke + icon, and yes, they are a superhero/ine. This character is also featured in the short film I hope to upload below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZEvYHiqUwc

Well, there's the link anyway.

Finally, these two images are of my most recent painting, one I've been referring to as the "vag painting". It technically belongs to what I hope will become my Orifice series.

Thanks for checking it out! Summer starts soon and I should have a ton more work to post!