a collage print series
Like the mannequins that leer from shop windows — stiff, airbrushed cousins of Hans Bellmer’s unsettling dolls or the Surrealists’ fetishized muses — women’s bodies today are endlessly sculpted, filtered, and circulated as shimmering ideals on social media, in Femme Ersatz, the mannequin is no innocent stand-in: it exposes our complicity in a system that prizes plastic perfection over lived, imperfect reality.
Echoing Cindy Sherman’s subversive self-portraits and Barbara Kruger’s razor-sharp critiques of the male gaze, these images hold up a mirror to the insidious notion that a woman’s worth lies in being flawless, silent, and consumable. Beneath the glossy façade, a darker truth emerges: this fetish for the unattainable is not passive fantasy — it relentlessly erases the authentic, unruly female self.
Study for an Instillation
Mannequin Cover- numbered print (36"x36") - Conceptual piece examining the objectification of female identity.
Mannequin Fall- numbered print (36"x36") - Series image reflecting the cultural construction of female beauty and value.
Mannequin Squared- screen print.(36"x36") - Series image reflecting the cultural construction of female beauty and value.
Mannequin Look- numbered screen print (24"x36") - Digital piece exploring how women’s identity is shaped by media imagery.
Mannequin Dive- screen print.(36"x36") - Artwork revealing the erasure of authentic female selfhood.
Mannequin Paint- numbered print (18"x24") - Conceptual art highlighting tension between idealized image and lived reality.
Mannequin Ether- numbered print (36"x36") - Artwork revealing the erasure of authentic female selfhood.
Mannequin Fridge- numbered screen print (36"x 36") - Mannequin-inspired digital collage reflecting the manufactured female ideal..
Mannequin George- numbered print (24"x24") - Conceptual art highlighting tension between idealized image and lived reality.
Mannequin Icon- numbered print w/goldleaf (27"x36") - Conceptual collage exploring societal expectations of women.
Mannequin White,- numbered screen print (38'x26") - Conceptual art highlighting tension between idealized image and lived reality.
Mannequin Oceanview- numbered print (36"x36") - Conceptual piece examining the objectification of female identity.
Mannequin Desert- numbered print (24"x36") - Conceptual piece examining the objectification of female identity..
Mannequin Bait- numbered screen print (36"x36") - Artwork critiquing societal pressures for perfection and silence.
Going Nowhere New- numbered screen print (36"x36") - Digital composition critiquing plastic perfection and beauty standards.
Let's Get Wet- numbered screen print (36"x36") - Digital composition critiquing plastic perfection and beauty standards.
Femme Ersatz- numbered Print (35"x36") - Image highlighting cultural obsession with flawless, consumable female imagery.
The Bride Stripped BareV1- print (36"x24") - Artwork referencing mannequins and surrealist critiques of femininity.
The Bride Stripped BareV2- print 36"x24 - Artwork highlighting the tension between glossy façades and authentic identity.
Mannequin Static- screen print (36"x36") - Digital composition critiquing the effects of plastic perfection in social media.
Mannequin Sleepwalk- numbered screen print (38"x48") - Artwork referencing mannequins and surrealist critiques of femininity.
Mannequin Karen- print (13"x18") - Artwork revealing the erasure of authentic female selfhood.
Mannequin Static- screen print (36"x36") - Digital composition critiquing the effects of plastic perfection in social media.
Mannequin Matter- numbered screen print (13"x18") - Conceptual art highlighting tension between idealized image and lived reality.
Model C- mixed media object - Conceptual sculpture exploring motherhood and societal expectations of women
Model B- mixed media object - Conceptual sculpture examining the objectification of female identity.
Model A- mixed media sculture - Conceptual art highlighting tension between idealized image and lived reality.
Study for Model B instillation - sculpture revealing the pervasive influence of social media in everyday life.
Mannequin Walk,-screen print (18"x72") - Artwork referencing mannequins and surrealist critiques of femininity.
