Exploring the facets of memory, I use beauty in my work to serve as a temptation for the viewer; upon closer inspection, the cracks in the artifice reveal deeper narratives and hidden meanings. Inspired by personal events, local lore and pop culture references, I present the viewer a world both individual and universal; a world in which time coalesces and collapses. My work confronts the past alongside the superfluidity and temporality of the current 24-hour news cycle; the frivolity of fashion is juxtaposed with the significance of pattern or color within a long arc of art history.
Using nostalgia to attack and revere these memories simultaneously, I challenge the viewer to differentiate between mythology and history and to question how these roles play out in larger cultural narratives.
