Self Portraits, Various
mixed media assemblage
560 X 405 X 40 mm
by Dale Copeland, 1994
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As it says, these are my ways of seeing myself. A gilded mask, no attempt at flattery, in spite of the medium. Is that a halo? The canonisation of junk, if anything. The texture is much worked on, with gold leaf and drops of lead solder spattered behind the glass. The blackboard at the back of the old oval frame is for my years of teaching. I told the students I wanted the formula eiπ = -1 on my tombstone. There's a pure beauty in mathematics. The dead rat? It's me, too. Or will be, soon enough. And the spray of false finger nails - it took me 40 years to get over the self loathing and guilt induced by thin models and fat advertisers. |
Dale's studio can be found on Surf Highway, Taranaki, New Zealand
More of her work can be seen on the Virtual TART site at www.tart.co.nz
email Dale at dale@tart.co.nz