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Photo of “Sublime Oxidation” modeled by aulina Eap next to the original inspiration piece  “Bacchante”

Artist Statement:

The inspiration piece was a bronze casting of a Greek Goddness skipping happily with grapes held high above her head in one hand and a child in other. The inspiration I took from this was first the actual material it was cast in (metal.) I wanted to create a similar visual translation which lead me to use the mosquito netting which read as a metal like material from far. The material reacted like it was a stiff fabric but still held it’s shape like it was a metal. Also it reference back to the Greek and Roman mythology I try to recreate the draping loose layers of clothing similar to the typical clothing of the gods. I tried really emphasis each fold and to recreate the more metaltic reflection I highlighted the strongest folds to reflect exactly like the highlights in the skin of the sculpture.

More metaphorically, since this was made in the American Gilded Age I wanted to create a critique of the wealthy society of the time. I wanted to create the idea of the waste of wealth and how the wealthy literally used there money like it was nothing, hence the “dripping” jewels. I wanted to critique the upper society and their selfish waste of money. And to go along ,I want to create of carelessness which is also seen in the art piece. I wanted to create a dress that looked natural, soft, and even a little whorish to refer back to the Greek and Roman gods and how they basically slept around with everyone for pleasure. This idea of easily translate to whore in modern definitions hence the short length,translucent material,and revealing back (not seen in this picture.)  My intent of this piece was to only capture the essence of the art piece and what the viewer could possibly think when viewing this piece.

Photography thanks to: Curtis Gauntt