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Cosmic Cate Transit Panel 5

Cosmic Cate Transit Series: Investigations into our perceptions of others as part of personal mythmaking, persona, identity and passage.
Hand Painting over Digital Print: Dye Inks, Acrylics, Polymers, Oils, Lacquers, UV Protective Coatings

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Comment by Michael Caci on October 2, 2013 at 1:29pm: Total compliment. maybe "shenanigans' is not the correct word here. "Insightful Talent" would be better.

Comment by Resident Curator on October 2, 2013 at 8:37am: Thanks for the complement....I think?!

I'll have to find a way to work 'curatorial shenanigans' into conversation today.

Comment by Michael Caci on October 1, 2013 at 5:06pm: a bit late, but thank you for these lovely words Resident Curator. MOMA will no doubt discover you and your curatorial shenanigans soon enough.

Comment by Resident Curator on July 24, 2013 at 6:21pm: Curator’s Comments:

Cate Blanchett is the consummate muse for your transformative series- these works perfectly tap into her cult following as the ultimate changeling. However, I believe that while these images obviously appeal to her memorable persona as Queen Elizabeth, the abraded marks successfully reconfigure her with interfering static, and effectively wipe away the original/clean image used in the commercial media production. The positioning of the circular form in front of her face is a study in psychological obscuration. In front of her mouth the sphere readily silences her; her eyes hidden blind her to the viewer. There’s also the obvious appropriation of Magritte, and his manifestations of dark dreams and the subconscious. I think I find the first image- Panel # 5-most intriguing, as it teeters on the edges of paradoxical readings. Her one visible eye holds a steady gaze, though interrupted by the concealment of the other. I see her parted lips as a subtle effort to communicate through layers of obstruction. Of course the flame like color and shape of her coiffed hair emulates her curved ruffled collar. The saturated blue scratches imply a mystical movement of sorts for me, rather than the inevitable scarring of an old weathered photograph. I think the choice of an antique frame also serves the image well, and functions as an integral part of the overall visual solution.