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Side project. 29/6/2009
I was happy for the opportunity to make a commissioned piece for a previous collector and friend. This is the first piece i've ever been commissioned to do (i think). I found the process interesting and sometimes to be a welcomed distraction from the new group of paintings (one of which is on view now at the Arlington Arts Center). From inception, discussion about the piece was pretty open and fluid, incorporating my current themes, techniques, aesthetic, while at the same time bringing her into the process. The piece is titled "Pollinator/Pollinated", oil and graphite on canvas, ~ 54 x 44". Click the detail image for a full view:
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What is what. 11/2/2009
Well, if you're here you've already figured out that I'm no longer at www.deborahcarroll.net. I'm a little hurt it got taken, but in the end it's obviously my fault for not checking my hotmail inbox more regularly to see that my bill was outstanding. And lord knows I'm not making a minimum bid of 480 bucks to get that thing back. So here I am propelled to finally move on and use my not-so-new-anymore last name. [more]
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Origins and locality as they relate to culture (continued): Case in Point. 19/7/2007
Today a FedEx delivery came to my studio. As I answered the door, the inquisitive delivery man leaned to the side to take a look behind me, as if he had spotted something that he owned inside the room (he was so curious-- and fast-- that I didn't even have time to decide whether i wanted to be indignant) [more]
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Origins and locality as they relate to culture. 1/7/2007
Do we put unnecessary emphasis on cultural/ethnic origin in explaining why things should be done the way they're done? ...in other words, is the development of new, more dynamic micro-cultures too often abandoned for more familiar but less effective practices? [more]
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Culture emergence. 12/6/2007
I'm attracted to the idea of Emergence-- how effect can possess properties that exceed, and differ from, the sum of its constituent forces. I'm currently attempting to explore the potential applicability and translations of the concept of Emergence to ideas of culture and migration, by way of an abstract aesthetic. [more]
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