|   | | Brittany Law |
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| | Through my paintings I hope to exploit the ways in which standardized beauty operates within contemporary society. The art historical trope of the pastoral nude provides the context for exploring a violent collision between this idea of standardized beauty and the grotesque. I seek to transform the pastoral nude into a fusion of pornographic imagery and abstract brushwork, which comprises machine-like organisms of undulating flesh, disjointed limbs, and externalized internal organs. These landscapes exhibit...
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