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SUPER DYKES

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1947, Patricia Highsmith, 17” x21”, Mixed Media, Paper Collage, Wood, Oil Paint, 2017

Five illuminated lesbians in the collage series, Super Dykes, are canonized for their contributions to American society: Patricia Hismith, 1947; Del & Phil, 1955; Lorraine Hansberry, 1960; Barbara Gettings, 1966; and Barbara Jordan, 1970. The series is loosely structured around decades of my life. In addition to the individual portraits are embedded visual memories of social, cultural and political events that shaped our collective history. Additionally, each background is created after the style of a favorite artist who associated with that decade.
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1955, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, 17” x 21”, Mixed Media, Paper Collage, Wood, Oil Paint, 2017
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1960, Lorraine Hansberry, 17” x 21",Mixed Media, Paper Collage, Wood, Oil Paint, 2017
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1966, Barbara Gittings, 17” x 21”, Mixed Media, Paper Collage, Wood, Oil Paint, 2017
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1970, Barbara Jordann, 17” x21”, Mixed Media, Paper Collage, Wood, Oil Paint, 2017
  • HOME
  • COLLAGE / PAINTING
    • PHENOMENA OF THE FIERCE
    • QUEER BEFORE QUEER
    • FALLEN WOMEN
    • Jane Doesn't Need Dick: Origin of Love
    • SUPER DYKES
    • Historical Models of Cultural and/or Biological Performative Identities
    • HILL DISTRICT
    • EARLY COLLAGE
  • SCULPTURE / INSTALLATION
    • The Meaning of Life: A Self Portrait
    • Origin of the Odd
    • SEX OBJECTS
    • I Am Surfacing
    • The Bachmann Overdrive Reparative Conversion-a-tor
    • Creatures
    • RECUPERATING THE HISTORIC: QUEER LIFE BEFORE STONEWALL
  • NEWS
  • ABOUT
  • Contact