Minuet I

This piece is part of my new Marie Antoinette Series.

This series continues my tradition of juxtaposing the new with the old while commenting on our modern day obsession with physical beauty and its relationship to the past. Words such as (Augmentations, Plucking, Lasers, Peels, Dying, Rhinoplasty, Face Lift, Transplants, Liposuction, Durmabrasions, Lasik Surgeries, Botox Injections, Restyline Filler, Juvedurm) represent the rewriting on the surface of our bodies that has become our modern-day ritual. The work also includes bits of quilts that are composed of bits of cloths and fabrics that elicit the body. We see our flesh as compartmentalized fragments that can be resurfaced, patched and transformed into new canvases piece by piece. In essence, we are quilting our bodies with the evolving text of culture and the visual standards of desire.
The series is an attempt to layer dialogue and mutate fragmented parts in order to experience a montage of past and present, in and out, over and under, until they merge into new realities. They are patched, stitched, quilted and interwoven with both history and current obsessions. They symbolize our woven lives, where past and present coexist.