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Dawn Hunter
SPectacle Spectacular, Drawings



These drawings were created by researching the Fashion Photography, Fashion Editorials, and ADvertising within Condé Nast publications Spanning a twenty year Period. I focused in particular on PAST PUBLICATIONS of VOgue and Vanity Fair Magazines.



I create visual representations of our complex and ambivalent psychological relationship with the messages about gendered identity that are disseminated through popular culture. I am interested in how young females are shaped psychologically by consuming mainstream cultural symbols. I analyze narratives of fashion photography and their ability to mold behavior through the symbolic portrayal of models. Utilizing the models as surrogates and stereotypes, I deconstruct their unobtainable status through narratives questioning the status quo. The images address political and gender issues while simultaneously serving as personal testimony. Fashion photographers rely on basic shapes in set design and model positioning to create a sense of harmonious balance that discourages viewers' interrogation of the message behind the image, I use techniques to achieve the opposite effect—discordant messages, shape tension, and psychological unrest.



Dawn Hunter



The Magician, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 26" x 40", 2010



Dawn Hunter



Birthday Cake, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 26" x 40", 2010



Dawn Hunter



Unnatural Equation, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 12" x 24", 2009



Dawn Hunter



See How You Appear to Others, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 30" x 44", 2009



Dawn Hunter



Baby Elephant, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 19" x 24", 2009



Dawn Hunter



Smooth Operations, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 30" x 44", 2010



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People Are Talking About the New Sex, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 30" x 44", 2007



DAWN HUNTER



Every Body is Most Beautiful, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 30" x 44", 2007



DAWN HUNTER



Pretty Eager to Please, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 20" x 40", 2007



DAWN HUNTER



Vampires, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 17" x 24", 2009



DAWN HUNTER



Who has Time for Lunch, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 19" x 24", 2009



DAWN HUNTER



Captured Charm, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 20" x 40", 2007



Dawn Hunter



Design of a Classic Conception, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 40" x 50", 2007



Dawn Hunter



Swan Song, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 20" x 40", 2006



Dawn Hunter



Her Head in the Clouds, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 40" x 50", 2007



Dawn Hunter



Common Practice, graphite, ink, pen and silver leaf on paper, 20" x 30", 2007



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