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AGGRESSION CHAIR TIME. I wanted to attack the idea of anger and aggression and this quickly turned sexual. This is great for me and my critiques as it provided me with a lot of fuel and material, but I am beginning to worry that they will have to put a parental advisory disclaimer on the Middendorf Gallery. But hey, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. This is my thesis, this is not the time to employ censorship. Let's be honest about aggression, shall we?

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Grief 1

Charcoal and graphite on BFK, 22x30

#3

OK. This is my third of this current series which I have decided to name "States of Unrest". The individual pieces don't have names. This one seems to be one part aggression, one part yawn, one part blow-up doll. Any feedback is appreciated! Woo! Party on. Make it big! 14x24, charcoal on BFK.

Quilt

This is a love story. Quilt 65x80 This piece is a very personal exploration of intimacy and the body. I am taking a very traditional object (a quilt) and incorporating some very personal items that are related closely to the body of someone I am close to. I guess the reason I made this a quilt is to relate the comfort I feel around this person to an object created for comfort. It also has to do with the nature of romantic relationships in that sometimes it is uncomfortable or feels un-powerful to admit how much power someone(a man) might have over you (or me) and I feel creating such a historically female piece about this phenomenon allows one to take a little power back. I am also very drawn to the relationship of the body to the things that bodies interact with or within and the relationship between those things. For me blankets have become a type of architecture, and beds are a very intimate type of architecture, in concept and in practice. Quilt (I need a better name for this) 65...

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