Dorothea Van Camp - Turn Away (ShePeril), 2023
Photo Etching
Media Dimensions: 34 x 42.25 cm
Image Dimensions: 22.75 x 30 cm
Edition of 11
Framed/unframed
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The series “ShePeril” reflects Dorothea Van Camp’s experience living as a person with diminishing rights.
Observing as early as the second grade that her male counterpoint in class was given extra work to steer him toward college while she was relegated to assisting others to learn how to read (because she was likely to “ just grow up and have babies”), she cannot help but wonder how different her path might have been had she been afforded the same expectations for her abilities as her classmate.
The United States presidential election of 2016 brought all these memories to the forefront of her formerly abstract painting practice as she struggled to reconcile being seen as a somehow less than capable person. The imagery conjures up a sort of view of female form as consisting of hips and reproductive parts with partial heads (lacking a full brain), in other words, how she believes she has been seen by others since a very young age.
Van Camp generates vector-based computer drawings to suggest the intersection of body with technology. These works explore the bend of line, deformation of shape, and inflection of form as they come under the influence of gravity, magnetism, and quantum mechanics. With a love of engraved and etched line as a jumping off point, her prints signal a reverence for the history of print while providing a bridge to the present.
Van Camp graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Photo Etching
Media Dimensions: 34 x 42.25 cm
Image Dimensions: 22.75 x 30 cm
Edition of 11
Framed/unframed
Split your payment over 10 months with OwnArt 0% APR. Your monthly payment for this artwork could be from as little as £40.00 (unframed).
The series “ShePeril” reflects Dorothea Van Camp’s experience living as a person with diminishing rights.
Observing as early as the second grade that her male counterpoint in class was given extra work to steer him toward college while she was relegated to assisting others to learn how to read (because she was likely to “ just grow up and have babies”), she cannot help but wonder how different her path might have been had she been afforded the same expectations for her abilities as her classmate.
The United States presidential election of 2016 brought all these memories to the forefront of her formerly abstract painting practice as she struggled to reconcile being seen as a somehow less than capable person. The imagery conjures up a sort of view of female form as consisting of hips and reproductive parts with partial heads (lacking a full brain), in other words, how she believes she has been seen by others since a very young age.
Van Camp generates vector-based computer drawings to suggest the intersection of body with technology. These works explore the bend of line, deformation of shape, and inflection of form as they come under the influence of gravity, magnetism, and quantum mechanics. With a love of engraved and etched line as a jumping off point, her prints signal a reverence for the history of print while providing a bridge to the present.
Van Camp graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Photo Etching
Media Dimensions: 34 x 42.25 cm
Image Dimensions: 22.75 x 30 cm
Edition of 11
Framed/unframed
Split your payment over 10 months with OwnArt 0% APR. Your monthly payment for this artwork could be from as little as £40.00 (unframed).
The series “ShePeril” reflects Dorothea Van Camp’s experience living as a person with diminishing rights.
Observing as early as the second grade that her male counterpoint in class was given extra work to steer him toward college while she was relegated to assisting others to learn how to read (because she was likely to “ just grow up and have babies”), she cannot help but wonder how different her path might have been had she been afforded the same expectations for her abilities as her classmate.
The United States presidential election of 2016 brought all these memories to the forefront of her formerly abstract painting practice as she struggled to reconcile being seen as a somehow less than capable person. The imagery conjures up a sort of view of female form as consisting of hips and reproductive parts with partial heads (lacking a full brain), in other words, how she believes she has been seen by others since a very young age.
Van Camp generates vector-based computer drawings to suggest the intersection of body with technology. These works explore the bend of line, deformation of shape, and inflection of form as they come under the influence of gravity, magnetism, and quantum mechanics. With a love of engraved and etched line as a jumping off point, her prints signal a reverence for the history of print while providing a bridge to the present.
Van Camp graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design.