KRISTEN BARTEL
Icons, Mysteries and the Furture of Fruit Trees
Inspired by icons in the urban landscape of St. Louis, these prints and drawings question how religion attempts to grasp reality through totalizing order and manipulating universal concepts. Although this attempt is altruistic it produces a residual internal violence. All totalizing systems lead to oppression as they dismiss the complexities of life. Icons, Mysteries and the Future of Fruit Trees uses images of mutant flora and fauna, floating landscapes and "smoke and mirror" smog to symbolize this conflict and its residual.
Installation View
Photo-polymer etching, Graphite, Inks and Toner. 15x11"
Photo-polymer etching, Graphite, Inks and Toner. 30x22"
Photo-polymer etching, Graphite, Inks, Acrylic Paint and Toner. 15x11"
Photo-polymer etching, Graphite, Acrylic Paint, Inks and Toner. 15x11"
Photo-polymer etching, Graphite, Inks and Toner. 44x30"
Photo-polymer and Copper Etchings, Monotype, Graphite and Marker. 30x22"
Photo-polymer and Copper Etchings, Monotype, Graphite and Inks. 22x30"
Toner, Acrylic Inks, Marker and Graphite. 7x5"
Toner, Acrylic Inks, Marker and Graphite. 7x5"
Toner, Acrylic Inks, Marker and Graphite. 7x5"
Photo-polymer Etchings, Toner and Collage papers. 11x15"