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
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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
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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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