Simulacra–copy of a copy of a copy, reality or not, whether the first version is real or not is unimportant.
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| Suzanne Gibbs, 2007. Pear. I made this image using a picture of a print of a pear from a magazine and a greeting card with a water color image of a pear. I made it into my version of a pear as a diptych. |
Self-Portraits–a study of a personal relationship to the larger cultural structure into which one was born.
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| Suzanne Gibbs, 1989. Acrylic. 24 x 18. |
"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best."
Frida Kahlo
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Frida Kahlo - Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940)
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Human activity–constructed through: culture, ritual, repetition, conventions, relationships, stories, food, experience, and emotions.
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| Suzanne Gibbs, 2008. Watercolor resist on Paper. |
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| Suzanne Gibbs, 2008. Watercolor resist on Paper. This one is not the same. |
Semiotics - study of signs and the way they produce meaning.
- socially semiotics become systems of organization
- similar words: Icon, Index, Symbol
- interestingly, these sigh systems are arbitrarily constructed–or are they–and usually determined by opposition
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| Suzanne Gibbs, 2010. Chair. |
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| Suzanne Gibbs, 2005. Santa. |
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| Suzanne Gibbs, 2006. Scuba. |
Simulacra and Semiotics–new words to me one short year ago, but I was using the concepts in my art production non-the-less.
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