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2020 BFA Thesis Exhibition – Mason Gross School of the Arts

  • as sweeter a sting

“as sweeter a sting” is a series of small-scale assemblage works that uses found objects, silicone, window screens, and dried insects. Using dead honeybees salvaged from an abandoned beehive, I use the bee throughout the series as a symbol of fear and loss. Bees are associated with work, so the dead bee represents a loss of productivity. If the workers are dead, who will produce the honey? And what happens to the beekeeper, the collector of the riches?

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the beekeeper's lament, 2020 Dimensions: 6”x6”x12” Materials: cardboard, packing paper, silicone, raw powder pigment, honeybees, string lights
the beekeeper's lament, 2020 Dimensions: 6”x6”x12” Materials: cardboard, packing paper, silicone, raw powder pigment, honeybees, string lights
the beekeeper's lament (detail), 2020
the beekeeper's lament (detail), 2020
the beekeeper's lament (detail), 2020
the beekeeper's lament (detail), 2020
the beekeeper's lament (detail), 2020
the beekeeper's lament (detail), 2020
the beekeeper's lament, 2020
the beekeeper's lament, 2020
the beekeeper's lament, 2020
the beekeeper's lament, 2020
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