Works on Paper

Breaking News/Flash Info Portfolio

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BREAKING NEWS/FLASH INFO (2019), eleven archival inkjet prints 80cm x 80cm, draws on images from plates in the French Encyclopédie (Denis Diderot & Jean le Rond D’Alembert, 1751) to heighten awareness of rising threats to knowledge-based reasoning, scientific evidence, and to personal freedom in the face of authoritarian manipulations.

Breaking News/Flash Info, Title Page, 2019, Archival Inkjet Print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie
Breaking News/Flash Info, Diderot Criminal, 2019, archival inkjet print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie
Breaking News/Flash Info, Nouvelle Arnaque, 2019, Archival Inkjet Print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie (Translation: Artificial Flowers: New Rip-off! How are they made? How can you spot them?)
Breaking News/Flash Info, Everyone Bleeds the Same!, 2019, Archival Inkjet Print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie
Breaking News/Flash Info, Imprimerie, 2019, Archival Inkjet Print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie (Translation: in moveable type: Glory to God, Honor to the King; Lucretius quote: “To such heights of evil are men driven by religion!”)
Breaking News/Flash Info, Pen Mightier Than Sword, 2019, Archival Inkjet Print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie (Translation: Escrime=Fencing)
Breaking News/Flash Info, Pantographe, 2019, Archival Inkjet Print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie (Translation: Nouvelle technologie prometteuse=Promising new technology; Trump: “Lots of people are saying that wind turbines cause cancer’; Roi-King)
Breaking News/Flash Info, Wind Energy OLD NEWS, 2019, Archival Inkjet Print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie
Breaking News/Flash Info, Les 1% les plus riches, 2019, Archival Inkjet Print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie, (Translation: The richest one percent own close to 32% of the wealth in the US; Pinault’s 100 million euro donation for Notre Dame doubled by Arnault and Bettencourt who each gave….Note: Pinault, Arnault and Bettencourt are among the wealthiest billionaires in France)
Breaking News/Flash Info, Spin Doctor, 2019, Archival Inkjet Print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie, (Translation: Terrifying! A new profession is spreading in the US: SPIN DOCTOR! above: King-maker, Gilder of images, Expert in Changing Opinions; on crawl at bottom: …made to leave the press room because Serena arrived. Williams: “I never forced Dominic Thiem (French tennis champion) to leave….”)
Breaking News/Flash Info, Perruquier, 2019, Archival Inkjet Print, 80cm x 80cm, after Diderot & D’Alembert, Encyclopedie