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Dubhe Carreņo Gallery Contemporary Ceramic Art |
Tanya Batura
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Tanya Batura Artist Statement
I use clay to create psychological and dark figures. These figures are derived from abstracted close-ups and headshots of plastic surgery, pornography, burn trauma, facial prosthesis, and dental procedures. I am interested in these images because of their vulnerability and latent sensuality. Removing these images from their original context allows accentuation of these qualities, causing the resulting work to vacillate between the poles of pleasure and pain, the sublime and grotesque. |