Horus
(collage
3.5" x 6")
This
body of work reflects my interest in mythology and spirituality within
the context of American culture. My work seeks to explore the ways consumerism
has taken on the role of religion in an increasingly secularized society.
A longstanding interest in Pop Art and mid-century advertising led me
to start looking at vintage magazines. I now use images cut from popular
publications like LIFE magazine to create three-dimensional collages
that explore both physical and metaphysical realities of American domestic
existence.
-Becky FitzPatrick
Beasts
& Meditations
new collage work by
Becky FitzPatrick
May
5 -27, 2006
opening reception Friday May 5, 5-8pm
Collage
artist Becky FitzPatrick has been an active fixture in the Portland
arts scene over the past several years. Many of you may already be familiar
with her work as one of the residents of the semiannual artists open
studios at 536 Congress.
With this show, Beasts and Meditations, FitzPatrick takes on the project
of combining the historically charged images of gods and goddesses with
the equally powerful forms of anatomical parts and domestic stereotypes.
These chimerical concoctions create not the horror of a Dr. Moreau but
rather the grace, beauty and humor of an Alice in Wonderland styled
fantasy creature.
