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on January 10, 2022

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Ed Ruscha

Figure it on Out

Acrylic on canvas

60" x 60"

2007

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NDigitalized

For my final piece, I wanted to paint the Golden Dome (perhaps because I was feeling quite sentimental as a graduating senior!). In the past year, the pandemic has completely changed the way we experience Notre Dame. I ultimately decided to portray an experience that could be characterized as isolating yet shared. To represent our switch to virtual learning, I pixelated a picture of the dome and overlaid it with a silhouette of an individual working on a laptop. Blended into the blue sky is a surgical mask- something that we are all tired of seeing, I'm sure, but has nonetheless helped the world through this pandemic. Finally, the petri dish encapsulating the person symbolizes the bubble of isolation the virus has forced on us during this difficult year. Despite the bleakness in the symbolism behind this painting, I think it is important to acknowledge the changes in the past year and recognize that we were not alone in our digital experience. As more people receive t...

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^^^^^^Time to start painting...just like Lari Pittman!^^^^^^

Narrative Collage (Claire Stein)

For my Narrative Collage, I combined a wallpaper pattern (the background), a photograph (the beetle), and a line of text (“Yowza!”). This piece has a very loose narrative: basically, it represents my personal appreciation for bugs and enabled me to create something bright, fun, and graphic for our final project. I’m still tinkering with the contrast between the background and the text and looking to increase the beetle’s realism but this is where we are today :) Thanks for a great semester everyone!! Claire

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