The Butcher Boutique

Recent works by Tramaine de Senna

When
Sat Oct 4, 2008
Where
20 GOTO 10
Time
7pm
Tags
Galleries, Mixed Media
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Description

Disgust and Desire in the mundane attracts me. In food, anatomy, social status - I see them as décor. They are both vulgar and beautiful in their physicality and implied narratives. I approach these works as detached and classified by presenting them behind a screen, plasticized or mounted on plaques. This process makes them sacred, jewel-like and coveted. By playing with scale, texture and subtlety, my intention is to present an opportunity for focused stimulation and visceral ambiguity

Landscapes of flesh, moist, curling and raw are handled delicately on small scales. Ejaculatory donuts sit stickily, waiting to be devoured. Slithery intestines piped like frosting onto pink surfaces become repulsive yet edible. Found hair spindled and set on satin cushions become precious jewels. The fixed gazes of objectified performers control the viewer's degree of access - subtle eroticization based on the shift between porn and portraiture

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  1. 20 GOTO 10
    679 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA