https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/mops daily 0.75 2018-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818074397-GVSOSMWL51DZBXI0GTQ8/mops_installation.JPG mops - Household Essentials: Mops The portraits in Household Essentials present tools that we use to perform our daily cleaning routines. These pieces are a combination of etching, silkscreen, and hand embossing. While the use of these laborious techniques parallels the many steps and work involved in cleaning routines, the overall effortless quality of the images sharply contrasts them. In our society, the labor involved in cleaning is rarely acknowledged, much less valued. Rather, maintaining the “perfect” home is portrayed as being easy, simple, and fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818074397-GVSOSMWL51DZBXI0GTQ8/mops_installation.JPG mops - Household Essentials: Mops The portraits in Household Essentials present tools that we use to perform our daily cleaning routines. These pieces are a combination of etching, silkscreen, and hand embossing. While the use of these laborious techniques parallels the many steps and work involved in cleaning routines, the overall effortless quality of the images sharply contrasts them. In our society, the labor involved in cleaning is rarely acknowledged, much less valued. Rather, maintaining the “perfect” home is portrayed as being easy, simple, and fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818120137-X0YKJEZVC9GRNMCOV808/quick_scrub_spray_mop.jpg mops - Quick Scrub Spray Mop Softground etching, latex wall-paint silkscreen, hand embossing 30x23 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818052208-Y34YLYB9LJ3WSPJHF4V1/quick_scrub_spray_mop_detail.jpg mops - Quick Scrub Spray Mop (detail) Softground etching, latex wall-paint silkscreen, hand embossing 30x23 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818115829-KO2VBPGO6AEBZ3JQ0270/quick_scrub_spray_mop_detail2.JPG mops - Quick Scrub Spray Mop (detail) Softground etching, latex wall-paint silkscreen, hand embossing 30x23 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818069951-MH5M4JQ3FI5UXY3Q83F5/twist_mop.jpg mops - Twist Mop Softground etching, latex wall-paint silkscreen, hand embossing 36x16 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818104949-49KJOAQJOK2FYPUNR6WB/twist_mop_detail2.JPG mops - Twist Mop (detail) Softground etching, latex wall-paint silkscreen, hand embossing 36x16 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818173835-MNA2ZYSI211IVKQUO18P/flip_flop_microfiber.JPG mops - Flip-Flop Microfiber Dust Mop Softground etching, latex wall-paint silkscreen, hand embossing 28x35 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818164262-H6OJ6VZYVZSEZDSIJUGI/flip_flop_microfiber_detail.JPG mops - Flip-Flop Microfiber Dust Mop (detail) Softground etching, latex wall-paint silkscreen, hand embossing 28x35 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818132341-1RVKKIPYGQLJ5HZA3UQV/flip_flop_microfiber_detail_angle.jpg mops - Flip-Flop Microfiber Dust Mop (detail) Softground etching, latex wall-paint silkscreen, hand embossing 28x35 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818928105-OGPAV0IBGE1EXROVUV8V/oxo_handheld.JPG mops - Good Grips Microfiber Double Duster Softground etching, latex wall-paint silkscreen, hand embossing 26x24 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539818186579-PRIMVX5KHIAMN4JXIAOA/oxo_handheld_detail.JPG mops - Good Grips Microfiber Double Duster (detail) Softground etching, latex wall-paint silkscreen, hand embossing 26x24 in. https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/prospect daily 0.75 2018-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537811028243-8LQGJ52ZTTIYMB8YVYU9/2_propspect_full.jpg prospect - Prospect (installation) Prospect is a study of underwear as an object to be purchased. The underwear images are printed on translucent lightweight paper in the bright colors currently found in mainstream chain stores and shopping centers. This piece recalls the shopping experience and the choices we make as consumers. There is a flatness and emptiness to these prints that calls attention to the ephemeral and unsatisfying qualities of the packaged identities we purchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537811028243-8LQGJ52ZTTIYMB8YVYU9/2_propspect_full.jpg prospect - Prospect (installation) Prospect is a study of underwear as an object to be purchased. The underwear images are printed on translucent lightweight paper in the bright colors currently found in mainstream chain stores and shopping centers. This piece recalls the shopping experience and the choices we make as consumers. There is a flatness and emptiness to these prints that calls attention to the ephemeral and unsatisfying qualities of the packaged identities we purchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537811039504-YF9B1S1E2617GIMY7CJS/4_prospect_fuchsia_angle.jpg prospect - Prospect (Fuchsia) 15 soft-ground etchings on mulberry paper, stainless steel 12x24x15 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537811048498-4EX3P5PB9UBMGQQU7NAM/prospect_fuchsia_front.jpg prospect - Prospect (Fuchsia) 15 soft-ground etchings on mulberry paper, stainless steel 12x24x15 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537811037127-OVRKVNFZJBKV6VIDD4JM/3_prospect_blue.jpg prospect - Prospect (Blue) 15 soft-ground etchings on mulberry paper, stainless steel 12x24x15 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537811048413-YNTL7IHI6FOZ0D7O8GLB/prospect_green.jpg prospect - Prospect (Green) 15 soft-ground etchings on mulberry paper, stainless steel 12x24x15 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537811053919-UTBQO70XCENGZ3GBV9V3/prospect_orange.jpg prospect - Prospect (Orange) 15 soft-ground etchings on mulberry paper, stainless steel 12x24x15 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537811027745-Y4SU4FSCIDMIW4L1EMTD/1_prospect_title.jpg prospect - Prospect (installation) Soft-ground etchings on mulberry paper, stainless steel Variable dimensions 2009 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/intimo daily 0.75 2018-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537831571803-BL02ONJ0AYEJGWK8DDJH/1_intimo_install_right.jpg intimo - Intimo With Intimo I returned to my previous exploration of underwear, but turned the lens onto myself. I created this piece using the first set of underwear I purchased when I was living in Venice 12 years ago. This fall (2013), I returned to Venice for an Artist Residency, and found myself living and working in the same apartment and printshop as when I was freshly out college. Intimo brings to focus ideas of identity and clothing, as a signifier not only to others but also to ourselves. This piece also highlights the importance we place on certain objects. Our lives are filled with objects that we carry with us, as we move from city to city or house to house, only to remain in a drawer or box. We no longer have a practical use for them, and yet, we cannot seem to part with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537831571803-BL02ONJ0AYEJGWK8DDJH/1_intimo_install_right.jpg intimo - Intimo With Intimo I returned to my previous exploration of underwear, but turned the lens onto myself. I created this piece using the first set of underwear I purchased when I was living in Venice 12 years ago. This fall (2013), I returned to Venice for an Artist Residency, and found myself living and working in the same apartment and printshop as when I was freshly out college. Intimo brings to focus ideas of identity and clothing, as a signifier not only to others but also to ourselves. This piece also highlights the importance we place on certain objects. Our lives are filled with objects that we carry with us, as we move from city to city or house to house, only to remain in a drawer or box. We no longer have a practical use for them, and yet, we cannot seem to part with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537831565126-71UITYD0MZQ9IVSDKI1J/2_intimo_bikini.jpg intimo - Intimo (bikini) Soft-ground etching, embroidery, appliqué, drawing on Duralar film, acrylic shelf 18x13 in. 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537831772452-HMFROG2Z5A1LOKDXKBTW/4_intimo_cami.jpg intimo - Intimo (camisole) Soft-ground etching, embroidery, appliqué, drawing on Duralar film, acrylic shelf 18x13 in. 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537831770034-PR2B0R0VZQUHHCU9XY2K/3_intimo_brief.jpg intimo - Intimo (brief) Soft-ground etching, embroidery, appliqué, drawing on Duralar film, acrylic shelf 18x13 in. 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537831781770-KQKTJ81V5C66BTRRO26H/5_intimo_install_left.jpg intimo - Intimo Soft-ground etching, embroidery, appliqué, drawing on Duralar film, acrylic shelves, mirror 7ft wide 2014 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/best-if-used-by daily 0.75 2018-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824132664-UEX8HNADX7IYS9QN0YNO/best_used_by_setting_2.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... Best if used by… is a series of line drawings commercially printed onto everyday food-safe dinnerware. This piece focuses on the array of food packaging found in our supermarkets. Most of the foods available to us are packaged and we purchase our foods based on how they are wrapped and on the information provided on that wrapping. As anthropologist Donna Gabaccia argues: “Massed-produced foods intended to be prepared or eaten quickly are considered ‘American’ around the globe. What makes foods American…is how they are produced, packaged, and served, not who manufactures or eats them or how they taste.” The ability for daily use allows this piece to enter directly into the context of our meals, thus not only commenting on our daily routines but actually becoming a part of these routines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824132664-UEX8HNADX7IYS9QN0YNO/best_used_by_setting_2.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... Best if used by… is a series of line drawings commercially printed onto everyday food-safe dinnerware. This piece focuses on the array of food packaging found in our supermarkets. Most of the foods available to us are packaged and we purchase our foods based on how they are wrapped and on the information provided on that wrapping. As anthropologist Donna Gabaccia argues: “Massed-produced foods intended to be prepared or eaten quickly are considered ‘American’ around the globe. What makes foods American…is how they are produced, packaged, and served, not who manufactures or eats them or how they taste.” The ability for daily use allows this piece to enter directly into the context of our meals, thus not only commenting on our daily routines but actually becoming a part of these routines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824123574-M9KO06FMB3YJVMO6NT1P/best_used_by_setting_1.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (single place setting) Food-safe dinnerware Place setting 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824213642-OZE7Y7D7U88TT1JBFP4U/plate_flour.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (flour) Food-safe dinnerware Dinner plate 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824198650-DRBW2HV3KO4ZN2LKXH86/plate_bread_cheese.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (sliced bread, sliced cheese, mayo) Food-safe dinnerware Dinner plate 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824201457-62DPK9B55LMGR42PFTB5/plate_detail_cheese.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (sliced cheese detail) Food-safe dinnerware Dinner plate 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824211609-G8RGM19PPQ4JESBG4ZDS/plate_dinner_rolls.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (dinner rolls) Food-safe dinnerware Dinner plate 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824218313-L4Q96SQ2X79IV6WXCTLS/plate_macncheese.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (mac n'cheese) Food-safe dinnerware Dinner plate 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824245155-PWCA44MSH2E0B5OH0K1J/side_stuffing.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (stuffing mix) Food-safe dinnerware Salad plate 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824233486-PLQAO5PDVC3UVIJ1564W/side_english_muffins.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (english muffins, peanut butter, jelly) Food-safe dinnerware Salad plate 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824241707-2G77CAZDMW0YM9R99WAT/side_snowballs.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (snow balls) Food-safe dinnerware Salad plate 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824239071-2FGWRN8F5YKX75FTKORG/side_ricecakes.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (rice cakes, cheese slices) Food-safe dinnerware Salad plate 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824143129-QU73GDBP1O94B58ELTLX/bowl_carrots.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (baby carrots) Food-safe dinnerware Bowl 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824145730-FQKBHOSXV5MSTQT1K0DW/bowl_crackers.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (mini cookies) Food-safe dinnerware Bowl 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824164652-M3JBR8F74THIKGEPKGQ1/bowl_nuts.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (single portion bag, seasoning packet) Food-safe dinnerware 2008 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824155997-63886EPRBLSOLZ291BWY/bowl_spaghetti.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (spaghetti) Food-safe dinnerware Bowl 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824174840-OM56UVZCUSZWSNCWI0ZI/cup_saucer_tea_half_striped.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (tea bag, half and half) Food-safe dinnerware Cup and saucer 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824194024-5BK0H345Z93IWAV7LR9G/cup_tea.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (tea bag) Food-safe dinnerware Cup 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824165235-LWRDW4YBS8A37W0ZQU8F/cup_round_teabag.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (tea bag) Food-safe dinnerware Cup 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824175678-JBJ4PDWY4L18IJTE52LM/cup_saucer_roundbag_half.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (half and half, tea bag) Food-safe dinnerware Cup and saucer 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824185808-84CZLG76MCJAQ9TPYNY3/cup_saucer_tea_sugar.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (tea bag, sugar packet) Food-safe dinnerware Cup and saucer 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824184026-I2HJ8FMD8D3IJ4KJEZH0/cup_tazo.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (Tazo tea blister) Food-safe dinnerware 2008 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824223920-D05R08E7O7RFFZIBCHDI/saucer_half_splenda.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (half and half, Splenda packet) Food-safe dinnerware Saucer 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824229837-PJCTGQV3LJ5B2UIQK8OE/saucer_sugar.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (sugar packet) Food-safe dinnerware Saucer 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824123830-1PGPD8A6OOKSRS2D4BY8/backstamp.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... (backstamp) Food-safe dinnerware 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537824136613-NER5BKQMGSSHQ1KWGY09/best_used_by_setting_3.jpg best if used by... - Best if used by... Food-safe dinnerware Place setting 2008 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/ingredients-potatoes-oil-salt daily 0.75 2018-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537827256095-0MB51Z5AUHROGPCFETRE/2_ingredients_install.jpg ingredients: potatoes, oil, salt. - Ingredients: Potatoes, Oil, Salt. With the series of lithographs “Ingredients: Potatoes, oil, salt.”, I continued my investigation of American food culture. I used potato chips directly as the grease element in the lithography process. This piece deals with the organic, with the remains of our food. How is it okay to eat something when we find its residue so dirty? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537827256095-0MB51Z5AUHROGPCFETRE/2_ingredients_install.jpg ingredients: potatoes, oil, salt. - Ingredients: Potatoes, Oil, Salt. With the series of lithographs “Ingredients: Potatoes, oil, salt.”, I continued my investigation of American food culture. I used potato chips directly as the grease element in the lithography process. This piece deals with the organic, with the remains of our food. How is it okay to eat something when we find its residue so dirty? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537827267114-26OPHZXOJBKOUSBK8VPZ/4_ingredients_pair.jpg ingredients: potatoes, oil, salt. - Ingredients: Potatoes, Oil, Salt. (detail) Potato chip grease lithographs, grease crayon Each 21x33 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537827253849-ILS82D5OTU5R9IYR879Q/1_ingredients.jpg ingredients: potatoes, oil, salt. - Ingredients: Potatoes, Oil, Salt. Potato chip grease lithographs, grease crayon Each 21x33 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537827504436-X8BSC1ATKTLSTDPH6C6E/6_ingredients_install_pair.jpg ingredients: potatoes, oil, salt. - Ingredients: Potatoes, Oil, Salt. Potato chip grease lithographs, grease crayon Each 21x33 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537827266769-563IR0E9Y7W19MADBQYS/3_ingredients_stain_detail.jpg ingredients: potatoes, oil, salt. - Ingredients: Potatoes, Oil, Salt. (detail) Potato chip grease lithographs, grease crayon 21x33 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537827285231-64P21088PZ484GIALT59/7_ingredients_detail.jpg ingredients: potatoes, oil, salt. - Ingredients: Potatoes, Oil, Salt. (detail) Potato chip grease lithographs, grease crayon 21x33 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537827318514-LMBF88ZEZUV1V8BXTGPO/10_ingredients_detail.jpg ingredients: potatoes, oil, salt. - Ingredients: Potatoes, Oil, Salt. (detail) Potato chip grease lithographs, grease crayon 21x33 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537827316964-UGZ7RKCUSW0MIO9AZ4HY/11_ingredients.jpg ingredients: potatoes, oil, salt. - Ingredients: Potatoes, Oil, Salt. Potato chip grease lithographs, grease crayon Each 21x33 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537827274347-BE9BXOAUMH8I8VZ6SLMY/5_ingredients_install.jpg ingredients: potatoes, oil, salt. - Ingredients: Potatoes, Oil, Salt. Potato chip grease lithographs, grease crayon Each 21x33 in. 2007 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/serving-size daily 0.75 2018-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836591691-XDMLKYZNOD2CIARHEZG9/capecod_side.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Cape Cod Specimen I have been interested in food culture and the creation of identity through food for a long time. My work explores this interest, emphasizing the specific customs of the place where I am living; previously Rome, Italy, and Bloomington, Indiana. Serving Size: Specimens examines the food culture of the Midwestern United State. Each piece in the series contains one serving size of potato chips. They are presented as specimens or examples of how and what we eat. Each specimen is labeled with the brand, gram weight, and number of chips per serving. This draws attention to our increasingly manufactured food-scape and to how detached we are from what we consume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836591691-XDMLKYZNOD2CIARHEZG9/capecod_side.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Cape Cod Specimen I have been interested in food culture and the creation of identity through food for a long time. My work explores this interest, emphasizing the specific customs of the place where I am living; previously Rome, Italy, and Bloomington, Indiana. Serving Size: Specimens examines the food culture of the Midwestern United State. Each piece in the series contains one serving size of potato chips. They are presented as specimens or examples of how and what we eat. Each specimen is labeled with the brand, gram weight, and number of chips per serving. This draws attention to our increasingly manufactured food-scape and to how detached we are from what we consume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836603325-L8HNV28B3MZ0KQMERBX0/capecod_detail.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Cape Cod Specimen (detail) Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836539302-VW2WIZ3GNZGBJVTXC1D8/fritos_top.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Fritos Specimen Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836513252-YVSOAXYCT2GHSD9EYAFC/fritos_angle.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Fritos Specimen Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836492190-ZWIXSD43M8G69GVL5F4P/fritos_detail.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Fritos Specimen (detail) Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836556775-C49W5M63VTNIAFQSOL6J/mikesells_angle.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Mike Sells Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836563494-OM7VXTR4OJI6QUGQX672/mikesells_detail.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Mike Sells (detail) Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836507014-IG9TFKBP92CMQYC3BP3S/doritos_angle.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Doritos Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537835452936-1QK4JD9V7NZ0JJ3HAJQ0/capecod_detail.jpg serving size https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836498665-Q704O0OBMNUY8X2008YE/doritos_detail.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Doritos (detail) Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836526890-1VS3YT4PRFCDHJG32M0Y/jays_side.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Jay's Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836549471-N5TUQ2SB8D0YY90S6KGF/lays_side.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Lays Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836543336-1ALTRYVNUKZHE49XSMW3/lays_detail.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Lays (detail) Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836576356-L3HN3ESBKUAJVCTG5NNT/ruffles_side.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Ruffles Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836596677-7CV3ESCU6CFR45Q54OLH/ruffles_top.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Ruffles Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836564753-QPABJIK8GAE1FBH8YAWI/pringles_side.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Pringles Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537836580052-11TVTIRJ6YWBXQOIKFEW/pringles_top.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Pringles Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537837837964-Q4LBPFJ6DVHPZW6WDU9E/pringles_detail.jpg serving size - Serving Size: Pringles (detail) Etching, digital print, insect pins, in acrylic box 17x12x6 in. 2007 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/have-a-nice-day daily 0.75 2018-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537830348941-D9D6ZB9TOWMTBBCO9M24/1_pile_bags_boxes_full.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" “Have a Nice Day” is a series of digitally printed drawings that explores the packaging we obtain in retail stores. In our search for the “ideal” pre-packaged lifestyle, we often believe that certain goods will add substance to our lives. Inevitably, however, there is an emptiness to these purchases and all that remains is the outer packaging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537830348941-D9D6ZB9TOWMTBBCO9M24/1_pile_bags_boxes_full.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" “Have a Nice Day” is a series of digitally printed drawings that explores the packaging we obtain in retail stores. In our search for the “ideal” pre-packaged lifestyle, we often believe that certain goods will add substance to our lives. Inevitably, however, there is an emptiness to these purchases and all that remains is the outer packaging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537830333387-JMPUUNP5IM2FJTV4XHIC/2_pile_bags_boxes_left.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" (detail) Archival digital print 12x14 ft. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537830343015-0T4JJQ5D8OZ0RET0XJGC/3_pile_bags_boxes_right.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" (detail) Archival digital print 12x14 ft. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537829460804-3XNUMFHQIW1WBG2P2H2X/1_apparel_full.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" (Apparel) Archival digital print 43x12 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537828804949-REE9MSB4LAF3BX817V1Z/1_misc_full.jpg "have a nice day" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537829724613-EO1G0MI2NU1ZJZQZ7EP9/2_apparel_left.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" (Apparel) detail Archival digital print 43x12 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537829730727-8SQZ6GW9UDICQVNDMUJV/3_apparel_right.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" (Apparel) detail Archival digital print 43x12 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537829729943-FVR84KQ0GWMPJNEX5FAQ/4_apparel_text.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" (Apparel) detail Archival digital print 43x12 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537828905663-OUIGV21WZ5E6ELCJL453/1_misc_full.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" (Everything Else) Archival digital print 25x10 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537829723588-J3YLBXP4MF9ET3VPFD9N/2_misc_right.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" (Everything Else) detail Archival digital print 25x10 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537829727609-95J5OHDV7CFI46DVS60G/3_misc_text.jpg "have a nice day" - "Have a nice day" (Everything Else) detail Archival digital print 25x10 in. 2009 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/aisle-11 daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825635926-HEID9JG0XZEJGSY9Z1FZ/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_46.JPG aisle 11 - Aisle 11 Aisle 11 is composed of 65 air freshener drawings and highlights how scent is deeply connected to our definition of what is “clean.” There has recently been an explosion of fragrant cleaning and home scent products and devices through which to “display” such scents. Air fresheners are meant to evoke a feeling of ‘clean’ and yet, they are highly artificial and toxic.There is now an expectation that we will curate the scent of our home based on how we want to be perceived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825635926-HEID9JG0XZEJGSY9Z1FZ/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_46.JPG aisle 11 - Aisle 11 Aisle 11 is composed of 65 air freshener drawings and highlights how scent is deeply connected to our definition of what is “clean.” There has recently been an explosion of fragrant cleaning and home scent products and devices through which to “display” such scents. Air fresheners are meant to evoke a feeling of ‘clean’ and yet, they are highly artificial and toxic.There is now an expectation that we will curate the scent of our home based on how we want to be perceived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825628991-15KNMBMZ4J6NMYCW5GUP/aisle11_pgac.jpg aisle 11 - Aisle 11 (detail) Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance 65 air fresheners hung in two rows at nose height 9ft long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825701193-E9IRVL7BQK8ZSCZ36LB7/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_19.JPG aisle 11 - Aisle 11 (detail) Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance 65 air fresheners hung in two rows at nose height 9ft long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825536176-H38U527TJHBE6VZ8K2OY/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_41.JPG aisle 11 - Aisle 11 (detail) Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance 65 air fresheners hung in two rows at nose height 9ft long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825734084-7AOF4FQEWXAW95VZ88QD/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_26.JPG aisle 11 - Aisle 11 (detail) Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance 65 air fresheners hung in two rows at nose height 9ft long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825561255-BV8CJZGQM6C09QPPQTF0/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_39.JPG aisle 11 - Relaxing Spa (left) Inspiring Gardenia Passion Flower (right) Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825731935-IT7H5BP79QHDN8C7JMTS/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_22.JPG aisle 11 - Aisle 11 (detail) Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance 65 air fresheners hung in two rows at nose height 9ft long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1536863819038-RH7ENWJMOZMOG9IWWEZQ/aisle11_pgac.jpg aisle 11 - Aisle 11 Aisle 11 is composed of 65 air freshener drawings and highlights how scent is deeply connected to our definition of what is “clean.” There has recently been an explosion of fragrant cleaning and home scent products and devices through which to “display” such scents. Air fresheners are meant to evoke a feeling of ‘clean’ and yet, they are highly artificial and toxic.There is now an expectation that we will curate the scent of our home based on how we want to be perceived. Drawing and collage on Duralar film, digital print, fragrance Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825504065-B1GVDJ3472YAS8VKT9AL/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_45.JPG aisle 11 - Cool Linen White Lilac Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825504065-D2373AQ8L6H212J5RSTB/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_44.JPG aisle 11 - Gingerbread Spice Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825767710-8WO7EIRPDLSDSX66M1ZC/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_28.JPG aisle 11 - Comforting Vanilla Indulgence Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825565111-YG7UFW23M5U3IM2QKKYW/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_37.JPG aisle 11 - Cut Grass Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825696438-U4DLCH9H8URDVIAHBFAZ/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_18.JPG aisle 11 - Aisle 11 Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance 65 air fresheners hung in two rows at nose height 9ft long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825764277-DWFPYVGYDCO1VQKVUYVJ/aisle11_detail_pgac.jpg aisle 11 - Aisle 11 (detail) Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance 65 air fresheners hung in two rows at nose height 9ft long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825591205-3M374LF4HJH5608Q9652/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_35.JPG aisle 11 - Juicy Peach Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825653719-SIIC38R2TVXDBQVL6PB0/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_16.JPG aisle 11 - Aisle 11 (detail) Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance 65 air fresheners hung in two rows at nose height 9ft long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825591050-A2E4GGPSYIJP2GOXKN3V/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_34.JPG aisle 11 - Soothing Jasmine Kiwi Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539825536560-04PABHYU30IFGLITE820/DoraLisa_Magdalena20181_43.JPG aisle 11 - Delightful White Flower Peony Blossom Mixed media on Duralar, archival inkjet print, fragrance https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/paper-or-plastic daily 0.75 2018-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815085481-WBKQWV863U8UB71FQO70/1_allplasticbags.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815085481-WBKQWV863U8UB71FQO70/1_allplasticbags.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815104749-DJFZJW6QNWVNJITX31VQ/1_hang.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? While most academic food studies focus on the “Other” with “Paper of Plastic?” I continued my research into American food culture. Our supermarkets are filled with packages vying for our attention with good design, brand promises, and health claims. For example, if the package is green, we believe the “food” inside is good for us. Indeed, for one out of every four packaged foods, the container is more expensive than what is inside. Responding to these issues, I produced a series of about 200 line drawings of different types of food packaging found in our supermarkets. “Paper or Plastic?” widens the exploration I began in “best if used by…” Ink drawing on Denril film cutouts, on film Variable dimensions 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815134520-AE7YVGJIUM2A913FGJ0V/3_hang.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? Ink drawing on Denril film cutouts, on film Variable dimensions 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815146795-XF1IS0P1SF12EDFUUALY/5_table.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? Ink drawing on Denril film cutouts, on film Variable dimensions 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815166468-QKA30SXWF5RHRBMDBMV2/7_table.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? Ink drawing on Denril film cutouts, on film Variable dimensions 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815110297-JDF5RP76GR9OQ837PRTD/2_hang.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? Ink drawing on Denril film cutouts, on film Variable dimensions 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815174848-RL16UGLEL47U5WXQ68VO/8_table.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? Ink drawing on Denril film cutouts, on film Variable dimensions 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815136078-EP8MNLTPQB0ETGG58JW6/4_hang.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? Ink drawing on Denril film cutouts, on film Variable dimensions 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815177092-CV1AXN5P1PK3C0TK8R90/9_table.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? Ink drawing on Denril film cutouts, on film Variable dimensions 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537815155066-5HZ9TO2W48RT0JZUEORB/6_table.jpg paper or plastic? - Paper or Plastic? Ink drawing on Denril film cutouts, on film Variable dimensions 2008 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/get-your-clean-on daily 0.75 2018-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539815980358-CBMOJDC945ABZ988CAX5/get_clean_on_all_installed.JPG get your clean on - Household Essentials: Get Your Clean On The Household Essentials series explores notions of cleanliness and our definition of what is “clean.” Our cleaning routines and choices of products are deeply rooted in our identities and constitute key elements of how we present ourselves. Along with language or cuisine, we maintain and pass-on cleaning habits and preferences. While these may seem like private choices, they are culturally, socially, and commercially prescribed, thus making them very public. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539815980358-CBMOJDC945ABZ988CAX5/get_clean_on_all_installed.JPG get your clean on - Household Essentials: Get Your Clean On The Household Essentials series explores notions of cleanliness and our definition of what is “clean.” Our cleaning routines and choices of products are deeply rooted in our identities and constitute key elements of how we present ourselves. Along with language or cuisine, we maintain and pass-on cleaning habits and preferences. While these may seem like private choices, they are culturally, socially, and commercially prescribed, thus making them very public. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539815852448-EXZNQ81HMCD941390DWB/flat_wipe_side.JPG get your clean on - Household Essentials: Get Your Clean On The portraits in Household Essentials present tools that we use to perform our daily cleaning routines. These pieces are a combination of etching, drawing and collage. While the use of these laborious techniques parallels the many steps and work involved in cleaning routines, the overall effortless quality of the images sharply contrasts them. In our society, the labor involved in cleaning is rarely acknowledged, much less valued. Rather, maintaining the “perfect” home is portrayed as being easy, simple, and fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539815856900-OEGFLZ7OQAOK8ZJK4ISM/dobie.JPG get your clean on - Scoth-Brite Dobie: The Original Cleaning Pad Softground etching, drawing on Duralar, mixed media collage, frame 13x11 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539815923376-RE855S1NG5TS6NC7VIH4/world_peace.JPG get your clean on - Scotch Brite Printed Non-Scratch Scrub Sponge: World Peace and No Grease Softground etching, drawing on Duralar, mixed media collage, frame 8x10 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539815887375-7A7E1UVPN1DVQ1HL9NS8/flat_wipe.JPG get your clean on - Scotch Brite Dobie Dish Cloth Softground etching, drawing on Duralar, mixed media collage, frame 12x14 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539815901534-1Y221RKJU0FDPP9JXR4K/ger_your_clean_on_sponge.JPG get your clean on - Scotch Brite Printed Non-Scratch Scrub Sponge: Get Your Clean On Softground etching, drawing on Duralar, mixed media collage, frame 15x18 in. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/5b9aace14d7a9ce10e1c94bb/5b9aae0c032be40c8f560b0f/1536863756310/ get your clean on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539815907539-81C4N0ZPQUTOD36X5DI1/kitchen_sweet_kitchen.JPG get your clean on - Scotch Brite Printed Non-Scratch Scrub Sponge: Kitchen Sweet Kitchen Softground etching, drawing on Duralar, mixed media collage, frame 7x9 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539815954595-EV621ECEWKTXOQUW6304/world_piece_detail.JPG get your clean on Softground etching, drawing on Duralar, mixed media collage, frame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539816146827-4N2A7XK9P1JDZVDU65D8/installed_diagnoal.JPG get your clean on - Household Essentials: Get Your Clean On (detail) Softground etching, drawing on Duralar, mixed media collage, frames Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1539815967218-GEE0OY3K3VNOBNU1CUAM/brillo_detail.JPG get your clean on - Stainless Steel Scrubber (detail) Softground etching, drawing on Duralar, mixed media collage, frame 9x11 in. https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/insideout-1 daily 0.75 2018-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537805606264-93RUM736GKZV12K49RQX/2_insideout_full_install.jpg InsideOut - InsideOut (installation) These soft-ground etchings come from the series InsideOut, a study of female underwear in Western culture. As consumers, we search for meaning and identity in the products we purchase. Through our clothing we decide how we want to be viewed by others. Just like everything else we wear, our underwear, although rarely seen by others, is a social signifier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537805606264-93RUM736GKZV12K49RQX/2_insideout_full_install.jpg InsideOut - InsideOut (installation) These soft-ground etchings come from the series InsideOut, a study of female underwear in Western culture. As consumers, we search for meaning and identity in the products we purchase. Through our clothing we decide how we want to be viewed by others. Just like everything else we wear, our underwear, although rarely seen by others, is a social signifier. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/5b9ab493f950b7adb8d05ae4/5ba90400ec212d77001cad21/1537803264187/ InsideOut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537803710665-8ZM8L7CBP8YB60LXDW4R/insideout_title_test.jpg InsideOut - Inside Out (installation) The soft-ground etching process underlines both conceptual and visual aspects of this piece. A soft-ground etching is created by literally squeezing the original object (in this case, underwear), through the printing press. This process leaves an impression on a waxy substance covering the copper plate, which when etched with acid, creates a matrix that can be printed. Both the act of creating the plate and the resulting printed image transform this common piece of clothing into a flat, empty object that cannot be worn, a package that cannot contain. Ultimately, the images become existential, revealing portraits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808248932-K21WXD4GUBCHUW6RUTJR/10_bali.jpg InsideOut - Bali Light Control Soft-ground etching 22.5x26 in 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537806338330-LXNIWHRHFTYFC92M4KU3/3_lacy.jpg InsideOut - Floral Lace Thong Soft-ground etching 28.5x22.5 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808222135-50DLIILG2OUOHQ9FKN38/4_warners.jpg InsideOut - Warner's Hipster Soft-ground etching 24.75x22.5 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537803504478-TBKHGN58NLIQIGTW9INC/insideout_title_test.jpg InsideOut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808232066-HOHIV9NGXYKADSNL88GJ/6_garter.jpg InsideOut - Ruffle Garter Cheeky Panty Soft-ground etching 27.5x28.25 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808232081-P32TKAKEXAE3W730LV4J/7_extraspecial.jpg InsideOut - Extra Special Cotton Thong Soft-ground etching 25x22.5 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808247955-TK9E07XJV6QWBI8SB7QK/11_corset.jpg InsideOut - Satin Lace-Up Hip-Hugger Soft-ground etching 30x22.5 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808256002-9K6DVM80CODK6OM8DKWO/13_shadowstriped.jpg InsideOut - Shadow Striped Bikini Soft-ground etching 25x22.5 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808238170-K2ZE3XPXJ8K7QQN3WYJQ/8_ckthong.jpg InsideOut - CK Seamless Thong Soft-ground etching 21x18.25 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808273620-V42AT0EVIK7YDDRUTMZR/18_fullbrief.jpg InsideOut - Cotton Hi Cut Brief Soft-ground etching 24.25x22.5 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808270595-4KW7Y0OZ105E12E1U0K5/17_boyshorts.jpg InsideOut - Aerie Boy Brief Soft-ground etching 22.5x23.75 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808255805-10DFSWNJ2YTD2S704QZ0/12_cklace.jpg InsideOut - CK Lace Hipster Soft-ground etching 27.25x22.5 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808262783-VEIBGRNI4V8YSAYRP2UU/15_lacetrimthong.jpg InsideOut - Lace-Trim Thong Panty Soft-ground etching 30x22.5 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808262344-VEI301DD0ANYTY9FLR9L/14_candies.jpg InsideOut - Candies Soft-ground etching 26.75x22.5 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808267715-O2P9B9070IKWHKQ09MXI/16_sexylittle.jpg InsideOut - Sexy Little Things, 3 for $35 Soft-ground etching 28.5x22.5 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808240290-CPVMH8SAL9L3YN6Z3IYY/9_boyshorts.jpg InsideOut - Seamless Boy Shorts Soft-ground etching 22.5x26.75 in. 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537808225611-7VZZTC6ZHMZR5BPBN14W/5_grandma.jpg InsideOut - Warner's Full Brief Soft-ground etching 26x30.25 in. 2009 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/vpl daily 0.75 2018-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537812299339-Q87R3CJTNY6QD9DWG6RX/1_vpl.jpg vpl - VPL (Visible Panty Lines) VPL (Visible Panty Lines) is a series of silkscreen prints on cellophane. Silkscreen printing is a commercial method and cellophane is an industrial product. By using these materials in a delicate way to create a quiet and intimate space, viewers are faced with the contrast between a personal item and the commercial, mass-produced form of packaging it represents. The transparency of the cellophane cut-outs and the strength of their cast shadows, in a sense parallels the idea of underwear as an object of significance, as something that has an effect, despite the object itself being seldom visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537812299339-Q87R3CJTNY6QD9DWG6RX/1_vpl.jpg vpl - VPL (Visible Panty Lines) VPL (Visible Panty Lines) is a series of silkscreen prints on cellophane. Silkscreen printing is a commercial method and cellophane is an industrial product. By using these materials in a delicate way to create a quiet and intimate space, viewers are faced with the contrast between a personal item and the commercial, mass-produced form of packaging it represents. The transparency of the cellophane cut-outs and the strength of their cast shadows, in a sense parallels the idea of underwear as an object of significance, as something that has an effect, despite the object itself being seldom visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537812298936-P8MISDFAWVJQBNF7PLPP/2_vpl.jpg vpl - VPL (Visible Panty Lines) Silkscreen prints on cellophane hung around room at waist height with insect pins Variable dimensions 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537812308195-GLN2LWFPM9O6DGDC5BVV/3_vpl.jpg vpl - VPL (Visible Panty Lines) Silkscreen prints on cellophane hung around room at waist height with insect pins Variable dimensions 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537812306388-Y4M7UTE8WMU2PD1T4I9K/4_vpl.jpg vpl - VPL (Visible Panty Lines) Silkscreen prints on cellophane hung around room at waist height with insect pins Variable dimensions 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1537812311388-M44P9H81RSFMP7APDE2Z/5_vpl.jpg vpl - VPL (Visible Panty Lines) Silkscreen prints on cellophane hung around room at waist height with insect pins Variable dimensions 2009 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/accumulation daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584983249895-H2N4S3W5CWUUFZ9RON0I/install_3_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation From March, 2019-January, 2020 I allowed google to track my movements. Companies use location data to understand who a person is, based on where they have been and where they are going, in order to influence what that they are going to do next. Accumulation is a transformation of this data into visual expression. The hand drawn images and repetitive nature of this piece parallels my contained, routinized and regimented lifestyle. It is steady, but the routine is imperfect and at times, fails. The use of plastic film allows for visual layering of information. Plastic, like our data, once created, lasts forever. The translucency of the film represents how this data, ever-present in the background and unseen, is tremendously impactful nonetheless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584983249895-H2N4S3W5CWUUFZ9RON0I/install_3_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation From March, 2019-January, 2020 I allowed google to track my movements. Companies use location data to understand who a person is, based on where they have been and where they are going, in order to influence what that they are going to do next. Accumulation is a transformation of this data into visual expression. The hand drawn images and repetitive nature of this piece parallels my contained, routinized and regimented lifestyle. It is steady, but the routine is imperfect and at times, fails. The use of plastic film allows for visual layering of information. Plastic, like our data, once created, lasts forever. The translucency of the film represents how this data, ever-present in the background and unseen, is tremendously impactful nonetheless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982981635-X67VVIQHQGX5VZI85BMR/accumulation_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Dura-Lar, matboard, drawing, silk pins 42x75 in. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982847416-UZ6UG8SYEMJK0T8UPSX0/accumulation_detail_3_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Drawing on Dura-Lar, matboard Each drawing 10x20 in. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982821247-ZMQYIPPQ81177WT1V3PO/accumulation_detail_1_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Drawing on Dura-Lar, matboard Each drawing 10x20 in. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982846986-OO03KBS1EPEIDE31EQ1K/accumulation_detail_4_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Drawing on Dura-Lar, matboard, silk pins Variable dimensions 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982930175-7QIIMGGNX0T5QEDL7ELC/accumulation_pin_map_1_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Map of one week of travels Drawing on Dura-Lar, foamcore, silk pins 20x20 in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982930974-SE424KM6XNMJMKGJ9EG9/accumulation_pin_map_2_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Map of one week of travels Drawing on Dura-Lar, foamcore, silk pins 20x20 in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982820491-Y5WF82X4FETDEM97MP65/accumulation_detail_2_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Dura-Lar cutouts, drawing on Dura-Lar, matboard 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982859358-LOG1PYSHAXU3ZQYRW970/accumulation_detail_5_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Locations tracked the 15th of each month Dura-Lar cutouts, matboard 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982866496-835PA9ZNFJTA06LNDNZP/accumulation_june_15_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Locations tracked: June 15, 2019 Dura-Lar cutouts, matboard 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982914749-KU5EKUNLQ7BA8HKCV7J1/accumulation_monthly_15ths_1_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Locations tracked the 15th of each month Dura-Lar cutouts, matboard 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982910998-VUX9I6XKIIE96L2UA7KD/accumulation_may_install_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Locations tracked: May 2019 Dura-Lar cutouts, matboard 20x20 in. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584983285415-DF41YFV2XGZ7KM38KXSW/install_4_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Time stamps: March 2019-January 2020 Digital print 4 in. x 18 ft. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982948897-2WNM2992SO6E6LW6QMG8/accumulation_time_stamp_2_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Time stamps: March 2019-January 2020 Digital print 4 in. x 18 ft. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982947011-ZCSE0EFGBAEIA9O999TA/accumulation_time_stamp_3_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Time stamps: March 2019-January 2020 Digital print 4 in. x 18 ft. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982963140-5UHQAMMVG5TK3EQEIUBP/accumulation_time_stamp_4_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Time stamps: March 2019-January 2020 Digital print 4 in. x 18 ft. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584982960808-WA1YG7PSXZH8FRDOU62D/accumulation_time_stamp_web.jpg accumulation - Accumulation (detail) Time stamps: March 2019-January 2020 Digital print 4 in. x 18 ft. 2019 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/today daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987129863-YQ5OMHT4ITUR27LA8T8R/today_web.jpg today - Today Everyday, when we choose what to wear, we decide who we want to be and how we want to be seen in the world. It is the first of an endless number of identity relevant decisions we make throughout the day. These decisions often remain out of our consciousness, yet they are a reflection of who we are. Large scale etchings are complex and require purposeful, deliberate actions. The process underlines the impact and consequence of our choices, highlighting the importance of our seemingly thoughtless decisions. Softground etching on Rives BFK 167x30 in. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987129863-YQ5OMHT4ITUR27LA8T8R/today_web.jpg today - Today Everyday, when we choose what to wear, we decide who we want to be and how we want to be seen in the world. It is the first of an endless number of identity relevant decisions we make throughout the day. These decisions often remain out of our consciousness, yet they are a reflection of who we are. Large scale etchings are complex and require purposeful, deliberate actions. The process underlines the impact and consequence of our choices, highlighting the importance of our seemingly thoughtless decisions. Softground etching on Rives BFK 167x30 in. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987133307-43NUY84NNXGL0DU0P1AV/today_sweater_web.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987039702-20YL4BX7YACNZN100TCK/today_hanger_web.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK, hook, hanger 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987087612-C8MPWSEC873CG434I6L4/today_shirt_web.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987116714-YVHFBHQTUG97MJGE1JQ3/today_sweater_small_web.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987060861-YEILFQZCRCGJDNB6CROY/today_hoody_nose_web.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987112432-8L5KMZ5FPB6HN0ZKI95U/today_sweater_hoody_hook_shirts_web.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987110773-7HN0IH9FTGIPUUKIJRI6/today_sweater_hoody_web.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987038514-7N6K54WJ4UKWNBRUMQWI/today_angle_web.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987089362-CM9L1BIZ5G8WUF3JTFH7/today_shirt_tank_web.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987052187-QV7X64ID2O8HVWP9WBR0/today_hoody_sweater_web.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584987090345-ZO19WA0V5U2FTNGYEZ8F/today_sleeve.jpg today - Today (detail) Softground etching on Rives BFK 2019 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/palimpsest daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984511580-95BR9RCJM8XIZZVUEZ1X/palimpsest_prelude_install_2_web.jpg palimpsest - Palimpsest Palimpsest is a series of blind embossments created from multiple layered to do lists. They bear visible traces of an earlier form, evidence of the past, as the ritual continues forward. Photopolymer letterpress blind embossments Each 9x13 in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984511580-95BR9RCJM8XIZZVUEZ1X/palimpsest_prelude_install_2_web.jpg palimpsest - Palimpsest Palimpsest is a series of blind embossments created from multiple layered to do lists. They bear visible traces of an earlier form, evidence of the past, as the ritual continues forward. Photopolymer letterpress blind embossments Each 9x13 in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984525870-M579DTYG533JO1Q41JFM/palimpsest_1_web.jpg palimpsest - Palimpsest (detail) Photopolymer letterpress blind embossments 9x13 in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984539815-OA74NE8YHMCVQFZZ10V7/palimpsest_2_web.jpg palimpsest - Palimpsest (detail) Photopolymer letterpress blind embossments 9x13 in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984551275-VAVJ5XICA59D7AU7QW5G/palimpsest_3_web.jpg palimpsest - Palimpsest (detail) Photopolymer letterpress blind embossments 9x13 in 2019 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584981139547-QV8R1OOMQXXUGHSQNB69/mending_web.jpg mending Mending was my daily art practice from September 2017-October 2018. I used the running stitch, traditionally used in mending, as this piece tracks my mending of self, both as artist and competitive athlete. I began this piece when I was finally able to begin training again after two years due to injuries. During much of this time, I was also in too much pain to do my artwork. Each embroidery represents a single training session (silver = swimming, dark gray = cycling, turquoise = running, orange = strength training), and blank spots signify a day off. Both endeavors, art and sport, travel on parallel paths in my life, yet they are very similar. Both take daily practice, dedication, and repetition. Both are imperfect and require immense amounts of labor that no one sees. More abstractly, however, this piece highlights how individual moments, or marks, accumulate to gain significance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584981139547-QV8R1OOMQXXUGHSQNB69/mending_web.jpg mending Mending was my daily art practice from September 2017-October 2018. I used the running stitch, traditionally used in mending, as this piece tracks my mending of self, both as artist and competitive athlete. I began this piece when I was finally able to begin training again after two years due to injuries. During much of this time, I was also in too much pain to do my artwork. Each embroidery represents a single training session (silver = swimming, dark gray = cycling, turquoise = running, orange = strength training), and blank spots signify a day off. Both endeavors, art and sport, travel on parallel paths in my life, yet they are very similar. Both take daily practice, dedication, and repetition. Both are imperfect and require immense amounts of labor that no one sees. More abstractly, however, this piece highlights how individual moments, or marks, accumulate to gain significance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1585321365378-OP8HMHAIOXG5Y1V9PXZ3/mending_side_detail_web.jpg mending - Mending (detail) 446 hand embroideries on silk organza Each 2 ½x4 in. Total installation 85x75 in. 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584979439636-D5ILT5MRK874UY11I7MJ/mending_detail_1.jpg mending https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584979680470-1T34SRB4ZI1CXGYOT0KO/mending_detail_1.jpg mending - Mending (detail) 446 hand embroideries on silk organza Each 2 ½x4 in. Total installation 85x75 in. 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584979873017-T3AWDV4XZI0TKU9ONTGT/mending_detail_2_web.jpg mending - Mending (detail) 446 hand embroideries on silk organza Each 2 ½x4 in. Total installation 85x75 in. 2018 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584981075838-SJKJ7XNNPBRFS5PACGBT/mending_detail_3_web.jpg mending - Mending (detail) 446 hand embroideries on silk organza Each 2 ½x4 in. Total installation 85x75 in. 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584981124023-GNTX652MZMJFHUSADVTN/mending_side_view_1_web.jpg mending - Mending (detail) 446 hand embroideries on silk organza Each 2 ½x4 in. Total installation 85x75 in. 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584981075766-1ZJ3F2K3R8QY2JQJQNZC/mending_detail_4_web.jpg mending - Mending (detail) 446 hand embroideries on silk organza Each 2 ½x4 in. Total installation 85x75 in. 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584981105930-XJ5GRJFEA5N9J7REG4RH/mending_detail_5_web.jpg mending - Mending (detail) 446 hand embroideries on silk organza Each 2 ½x4 in. Total installation 85x75 in. 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584981106378-40WFPRLIIM8G2IIPI2TJ/mending_detail_6_web.jpg mending - Mending (detail) 446 hand embroideries on silk organza Each 2 ½x4 in. Total installation 85x75 in. 2018 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/perpetual daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985404304-OFVUX1CT0BZN386JVCU9/perpetual_1_web.jpg perpetual - Perpetual In Perpetual, I look at how the objects with which we interact daily both reinforce, and act upon, our identity and relationship to self. It is through objects that we express who and what we are. I am a swimmer. Bathing suits hanging in the bathroom have been a fixture in my life for as long as a I can remember. They are a constant reminder of that part of my identity. Yet, they hang in my bathroom, an intimate space. They are a reminder to myself and no one else; shifting as I move through moments in my life. In them, I have seen everything from pride and friendship, to hope and strength, and loss and doubt. For these collagraphs the actual bathing suits are used as the matrices. This maintains the materiality and immediacy of the object while also allowing for transformation through process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985404304-OFVUX1CT0BZN386JVCU9/perpetual_1_web.jpg perpetual - Perpetual In Perpetual, I look at how the objects with which we interact daily both reinforce, and act upon, our identity and relationship to self. It is through objects that we express who and what we are. I am a swimmer. Bathing suits hanging in the bathroom have been a fixture in my life for as long as a I can remember. They are a constant reminder of that part of my identity. Yet, they hang in my bathroom, an intimate space. They are a reminder to myself and no one else; shifting as I move through moments in my life. In them, I have seen everything from pride and friendship, to hope and strength, and loss and doubt. For these collagraphs the actual bathing suits are used as the matrices. This maintains the materiality and immediacy of the object while also allowing for transformation through process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985415777-HMN1VLJBQO1O2ZRW84OI/perpetual_2_web.jpg perpetual - Perpetual (detail) Collagraphs on mulberry paper, porcelain hooks, baseboard, latex paint Width 27 in., variable height 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985418989-V7P2326DQDW7E53ZVL7K/perpetual_3_web.jpg perpetual - Perpetual Collagraphs on mulberry paper, porcelain hooks, baseboard, latex paint Width 27 in., variable height 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985499253-1NAUAMRKUQFZLRVUWHF6/perpetual_4_web.jpg perpetual - Perpetual (detail) Collagraphs on mulberry paper, porcelain hooks, baseboard, latex paint Width 27 in., variable height 2019 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/through daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985915552-YK5THIRH1PWD8A5CJSGN/through_1_web.jpg through - Through Objects store and possess, take in and breathe out the emotions with which they have been associated. Through presents three versions of the same challah recipe: my grandmother’s, my mother's, and my own. They represent a deeply rooted family tradition and ritual, one that connects me to my inner being, to places, languages, and past generations. Through highlights the difference between ritual and routine and the objects through which these are performed. In creating Through, I experimented with photopolymer etching as a way to maintain the original handwriting and allow the process to transmit the emotional weight of these objects. The concrete mixing implement is cast from an original wooden paleta from Guatemala, one used for many years in my mother’s kitchen. The paleta further reflects the emotional ties, weight, and labor encompassed within this ritual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985915552-YK5THIRH1PWD8A5CJSGN/through_1_web.jpg through - Through Objects store and possess, take in and breathe out the emotions with which they have been associated. Through presents three versions of the same challah recipe: my grandmother’s, my mother's, and my own. They represent a deeply rooted family tradition and ritual, one that connects me to my inner being, to places, languages, and past generations. Through highlights the difference between ritual and routine and the objects through which these are performed. In creating Through, I experimented with photopolymer etching as a way to maintain the original handwriting and allow the process to transmit the emotional weight of these objects. The concrete mixing implement is cast from an original wooden paleta from Guatemala, one used for many years in my mother’s kitchen. The paleta further reflects the emotional ties, weight, and labor encompassed within this ritual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985927443-FNIRHPHSCSDG83UQ37IB/through_2_web.jpg through - Through Photopolymer plate etchings, concrete, granite 36x22 in. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985935771-JO379JBLG69Z4FTT0RCN/through_3_web.jpg through - Through Photopolymer plate etchings, concrete, granite 36x22 in. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584986030965-EDRDO9QYIJZSGXZRJSRM/through_challah_dora_web.jpg through - Through (detail) Photopolymer plate etchings 5x8 in. 2019 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/vulnerable daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984968675-SJHDN8OMUXW9M4J6DJZA/vulnerable_2_web.jpg vulnerable - Vulnerable The concrete in Vulnerable is strong, but far from structurally sound. It is fragile and uneven. Mixing the concrete and casting each beam individually required extensive repetitive physical labor. Concrete, rebar, spray paint Variable dimensions 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984968675-SJHDN8OMUXW9M4J6DJZA/vulnerable_2_web.jpg vulnerable - Vulnerable The concrete in Vulnerable is strong, but far from structurally sound. It is fragile and uneven. Mixing the concrete and casting each beam individually required extensive repetitive physical labor. Concrete, rebar, spray paint Variable dimensions 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985001446-7R66F8WZNV2VL03CZNNB/vulnerable_corner_2_web.jpg vulnerable - Vulnerable (detail) Concrete, rebar, spray paint Variable dimensions 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984987166-5KKTFVGS1HDH29HJ3P6L/vulnerable_column_1_web.jpg vulnerable - Vulnerable (detail) Concrete, rebar, spray paint Variable dimensions 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584985001031-0OUWB4J8U0OJWDKFNX1Z/vulnerable_corner_1_web.jpg vulnerable - Vulnerable (detail) Concrete, rebar, spray paint Variable dimensions 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984979407-C1TFAF8SBHH0N9B8H8Z5/vulnerable_1_web.jpg vulnerable - Vulnerable Concrete, rebar, spray paint Variable dimensions 2019 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/to-do daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984699921-DE00RMBFAYGO517TVFY4/to_do_all_web.jpg to do - To Do To Do resulted from saving all of the lists I wrote over a one year period. The layering and transparency reflect the ongoing organization and re-working of this never-ending routine. Archival digital print with photopolymer letterpress blind embossment Each 9x13 in. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984699921-DE00RMBFAYGO517TVFY4/to_do_all_web.jpg to do - To Do To Do resulted from saving all of the lists I wrote over a one year period. The layering and transparency reflect the ongoing organization and re-working of this never-ending routine. Archival digital print with photopolymer letterpress blind embossment Each 9x13 in. 2019 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/prelude-sunday daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984465141-V31F1MJFAN80GQUE5VFD/palimpsest_prelude_install_1_web.jpg prelude: sunday - Prelude: Sunday This piece focuses on the ritual element of my list writing. Every Sunday evening I sit quietly and focus on the week to come. I organize the week and figure out each day. This is a grounding ritual, it provides order and sets the tone for the week. When I begin each day, I do not question what I have to do, it has already been decided. For Prelude: Sunday I re-created a block of “post-its” by printing around 50 etchings and forming them into the block. I replicated the pen I use by creating a urethane mold and casting it in concrete. The visual weight of the concrete and its relationship to labor calls attention to the significance of this moment. In addition, these time consuming and delicate processes elevate the importance of this ritual and the objects used in its performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984465141-V31F1MJFAN80GQUE5VFD/palimpsest_prelude_install_1_web.jpg prelude: sunday - Prelude: Sunday This piece focuses on the ritual element of my list writing. Every Sunday evening I sit quietly and focus on the week to come. I organize the week and figure out each day. This is a grounding ritual, it provides order and sets the tone for the week. When I begin each day, I do not question what I have to do, it has already been decided. For Prelude: Sunday I re-created a block of “post-its” by printing around 50 etchings and forming them into the block. I replicated the pen I use by creating a urethane mold and casting it in concrete. The visual weight of the concrete and its relationship to labor calls attention to the significance of this moment. In addition, these time consuming and delicate processes elevate the importance of this ritual and the objects used in its performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984036311-E4PW7OI9OB15FQGYUWXD/prelude_sunday_web.jpg prelude: sunday - Prelude: Sunday Etchings, concrete, slate 24x12 in. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584984019464-D14SRTCOZR019B1S9YOG/prelude_sunday_2_web.jpg prelude: sunday - Prelude: Sunday Etchings, concrete, slate 24x12 in. 2019 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/garca-family-of-4 daily 0.75 2021-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613412396686-DOEU3DA1X938FXIP59EY/groupview+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view (partial) “García, Family of 4” is a series of collagraphs that represents the laundry of an immigrant Mexican family living in California. Laundry and cleaning products from Mexico are easily found in stores in the United States, from big box stores, such as Target, to smaller Mexican specialty shops. When I first moved to California I began to notice and easily identify the scent of these Mexican detergents on families’ clothing. The prevalence struck me, and highlights the importance of scent as a link to cultural heritage, memory and comfort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613412396686-DOEU3DA1X938FXIP59EY/groupview+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view (partial) “García, Family of 4” is a series of collagraphs that represents the laundry of an immigrant Mexican family living in California. Laundry and cleaning products from Mexico are easily found in stores in the United States, from big box stores, such as Target, to smaller Mexican specialty shops. When I first moved to California I began to notice and easily identify the scent of these Mexican detergents on families’ clothing. The prevalence struck me, and highlights the importance of scent as a link to cultural heritage, memory and comfort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613412427257-P5O7WRJNQO17S2LVW83P/groupview2+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view (partial) Monterey Museum of Art 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408081591-CP6ATGPZT68T655AUM5X/cornshot+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view (partial) Based on the 2010 census, García was the most common Mexican last name in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408135014-W6NA6IIU9VTJW83W4F3T/flashcorner4+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Juana e Isabel, Luis y Mateo” Collagraphs, mat board, frame, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 63x34 in. This family portrait documents the American Dream of happiness within the nuclear family. Family portraits are commonly displayed in public areas of the house, thus allowing the private acts of domestic labor and care for the family, expressed through their clothing, to enter the public realm. This portrait represents the individuals in the García family, as they go out into the world. Their clothes provide not only a visual expression of cultural notions of cleanliness, but also the scents and dignity associated with these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408151464-CHMHYQ0WYAOE5J855LG0/flashshirts+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Juana e Isabel, Luis y Mateo” Collagraphs, mat board, frame, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 63x34 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408162326-V6UWSSVRRFFOHB92C0H8/flashshirts3+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Juana e Isabel, Luis y Mateo” (detail) Collagraphs, mat board, frame, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408172592-44V3HKSIMPX9BV0R8D83/flashshirts2+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Juana e Isabel, Luis y Mateo” (detail) Juana (mom) Collagraphs, mat board, frame, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408237670-B7QNKZN1XEW9EOCS4EZR/flashshirt+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view (detail) Juana’s (mom’s) clothing Collagraph, hanger, drawing on Dura-Lar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408246344-L14ZKY02PO708LSDI7VD/flashcorner5+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view (detail) Collagraph, hanger, drawing on Dura-Lar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408266604-99OOC8KKCFSRRCN82W5P/cornwasher+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “Monotonous” Hand embroidery on cotton muslin 27x60 in Life-size hand embroidery on cotton muslin of a typical American washing washing. Similar to “Despiedada,” this piece highlights unseen household labor. While the tools and location of this labor differ greatly between Guatemala and the United States, it is nonetheless a series of never-ending physical tasks performed in private that become public signifiers of a family’s identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408275349-RI4OTPRDI3OUTINU0PYB/flashwasher+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “Monotonous” (back) Hand embroidery on cotton muslin 27x60 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408220776-VIZ4LM6T6IDHS36SKCEX/shirtwall+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view (partial) Monterey Museum of Art 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613409628705-YOR18E4J5BRRNT3AF4I4/flashdrawershirts3+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Isabel” Collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 18x7x14 in. As an immigrant, one uses aspects of an idealized past to shape an idealized future. This drawer contains Isabel’s clothes. She is the daughter in the García family. Laundering, ironing, and folding clothing are private acts of care and love for the family—the family must be able to go out into the world and represent who they are with dignity. The scents, products, and associated routines, acts of performative memory, help both maintain a sense of cultural identity and pass it down to future generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408392083-DGSSAGKNM0HV9KM7JOOM/flashdrawershirts4+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Isabel” Collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 18x7x14 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408398569-PD8E5A50ZUFW15Y7133J/flashdrawershirts5+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Isabel” (detail) Collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 18x7x14 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408441281-OANCDVMACXXGKT5VIS0E/flashdrawershirts1+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Isabel” Collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 18x7x14 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408629808-0WQ04FIVS4GAKN0E7VMI/flashironboard7+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Todo” (everything) Collagraphs, ironing board, clothes hangers, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 43x35x13 in. “Todo” represents the unseen, yet fundamental, home maintenance routines that go into caring for the family. The act of performing this work reinforces cultural identity and familial roles. In addition, this private labor is central to re-producing appropriate social dispositions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408617908-IZID0R15IR9A1DNJZZDJ/flashironboard5+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Todo” (everything) Collagraphs, ironing board, clothes hangers, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent This ironing board contains the clothing of Luis and Juana, the dad and mom in the García family. Ensuring culturally proper social presentation, ironing all clothing and household items is an essential step in laundry and family-care routines. The act of ironing is a fundamental form of performative memory, as it creates a tie between past and future generations, home, and belonging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408680603-1KURYLF7W0U1WQLGLKLB/ironboard2+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Todo” (everything) Collagraphs, ironing board, clothes hangers, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 43x35x13 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408684740-HZ0LZJAJ324XNQF2MU7A/flashironboard8+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Todo” (everything) Collagraphs, ironing board, clothes hangers, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 43x35x13 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408730196-AVD6QCNK8HDXBYN5A41F/flashironboard11+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Todo” (everything) (detail) Collagraphs, ironing board, clothes hangers, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408582733-AAWVH3LDCKRJEXQKG1D8/closeupironboard+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Todo” (everything) Collagraphs, ironing board, clothes hangers, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 43x35x13 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408766234-6HLSFAKFVOOOZMOGFFT1/basketdrawer1+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view (detail) Drawing on Dura-Lar, collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408777105-P7OKCJ9HND6LY43YLL9N/basket+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view (detail) Drawing on Dura-Lar, collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408811293-GZIQ5ZCUHVZ9FL52ASXJ/flashdrawer1+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Mateo” Collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 18x7x14 in. Mateo’s drawer. Mateo is the son in the García family, and this drawer contains his neatly laundered, ironed and folded, clothing. It is scented with Suavitel fabric softener, thus reinforcing the importance of scent in maintaining/creating cultural identity, memory, and belonging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408850669-JRY5XPOTYWKNWS7OV4V4/flashdrawer2+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Mateo” Collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 18x7x14 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408863294-QVMWLIYL4CXFYYH9IFGJ/basketdrawer2+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view Drawing on Dura-Lar, collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408882880-SBA03VNG6KYIEE6ZKYM0/drawer3+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Mateo” Collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 18x7x14 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408893572-R4UH3549O2JON25DSHDU/flashdrawer2+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Mateo” Collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent 18x7x14 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408922848-E2EEWX5JNC59E28JV76O/flashdrawer4+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4” installation view (detail) Drawing on Dura-Lar, collagraphs, drawer, Suavitel Fabric Softener scent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613408990378-HMSJ0YA40S31P3XZHYO2/flashwindowsdrawer+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - Performative Memory (installation view) Monterey Museum of Art 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613409163356-L400DZZVT4TFNVDR4CFM/flashcandles+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Unconditional” Roma, Vel Rosita, and Suavitel brand laundry detergent/softener scented candles, decals Each 2x8x2 in. Prayer candles are prevalent in homes and markets in both Mexico and California. Across cultures, candles are products that we buy and subsequently imbue with spiritual and personal meaning, whatever that signifies for each of us. With this piece, I view nostalgia as a form of belonging and as a link to an idealized past. These candles highlight our reliance on products in forming and maintaining our identity. They also speak to the powerful and unbreakable links scents create between time, memory and place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613409173625-2IHUH994EYRDPG1DGL5H/candles1+%281+of+1%29.jpg García, Family of 4 - “García, Family of 4: Unconditional” Roma, Vel Rosita, and Suavitel brand laundry detergent/softener scented candles, decals Each 2x8x2 in. Roma is a powdered laundry detergent, with a loyal following and distinct scent and packaging. Vel Rosita is a detergent for delicates, widely used in Guatemala and Mexico and available in the United States. Suavitel is the quintessential fabric softener. It is omnipresent and it’s scent, logo, and packaging are unmistakable. https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/jabones-ambar daily 0.75 2021-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613412143635-MZ8FX0B20NS6BEC5RCKP/outshot2+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - Performative Memory (installation view) Performative memory is defined as a “means through with societies remember.” Household day to day tasks, routines, rituals, consumption practices, and use of space within the home are all forms of performative memory. Focusing on home labor, specifically through the lens of laundry practices, this exhibition expands on my immigrant experience to comment on issues of displacement and explores the tie between scent, home, and belonging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613412143635-MZ8FX0B20NS6BEC5RCKP/outshot2+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - Performative Memory (installation view) Performative memory is defined as a “means through with societies remember.” Household day to day tasks, routines, rituals, consumption practices, and use of space within the home are all forms of performative memory. Focusing on home labor, specifically through the lens of laundry practices, this exhibition expands on my immigrant experience to comment on issues of displacement and explores the tie between scent, home, and belonging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613174082300-YTWY1VRV7ZBFBIOKB8Q4/windowview+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - Performative Memory (installation view) Monterey Museum of Art 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613174071074-XS0QZRU44A1N4U0SKZKI/orange2.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Agotada” (exhausted) Etching collage on Beva-Tex 10x6 ft. “Agotada” explores laundry practices in Guatemala, where I am originally from. In Guatemala, everything is washed by hand, outside, out of sight, often by a domestic worker, in a sink called a pila, using round bright orange balls of soap. Doing laundry is cold, hard, manual labor that never ends. There is a very specific scent to these soaps (Ambar brand was used in my home) and it is deeply embedded in my memory. "Agotada” consists of hundreds of etchings of these soap shapes, in various stages of use, composed into an overflowing pile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613181005774-8EQ83QTAPVYSGGMW2Z52/ambar_orange_detail_2.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Agotada” (exhausted) (detail) Etching collage on Beva-tex, digital print 10x6 ft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613176882418-1BMXK503YWY4MVILJKZL/Orange4+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Agotada” (exhausted) (detail) Etching collage on Beva-tex 10x6 ft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613181006768-3YVVGSJH8I5NVB916PQX/ambar_orange_detail_1.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Agotada” (exhausted) (detail) Etching collage on Beva-tex 10x6 ft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613177291193-T9RSY9YQSBUFL44TAN5N/groupview.jpg Jabones Ambar - Performative Memory (installation view) Monterey Museum of Art 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613176848373-WI296R7IWWL57IRA3R8Q/sink+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - "Inmisericorde" (merciless) Hand embroidery on cotton muslin 55x63 in. Life-size hand embroidery on cotton muslin of a “pila,” the sink used to hand wash clothes in Guatemala. The repetition of small stitches used in this hand embroidery echoes the repetitive labor required in Guatemalan home maintenance in general and laundry practices in particular. It is created on muslin, with the reverse side exposed, bringing attention to the hidden household labor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613173369725-KCJ3MIG2SQ5NSO81DR9V/outshot2+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613174077154-JQSUHN5D6KYHUR1QWQIX/sinkembroider1+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - "Inmisericorde" (merciless) (back) Hand embroidery on cotton muslin 55x63 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405444203-64CRKRT09FRBGG91KJWW/flashwindow9+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) Concrete, plastic, Ambar brand soap Variable dimensions Concrete castings of Ambar brand soaps, and a small plastic basin or “guacal,” a multi-use object present in every Guatemalan home and a central tool in cleaning and laundering routines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405424185-CBVDA5N3FAVQVUJY0O24/flashwindow8+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) (detail) Concrete, plastic, Ambar brand soap Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405467871-BQ0QQ005YB3WJ5PF3RR6/window5+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) (detail) Concrete, Ambar brand soap Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405483459-H4JXB6O73518QVU26MB8/window8+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) (detail) Concrete, plastic, Ambar brand soap Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405337371-RFXZRN9MQJVSZPHNV8B8/blindsdown4+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) (detail) Concrete, Ambar brand soap Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405382152-08A8VOWT7VT8Q62E3CIF/flashwindow1+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) (detail) Concrete Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405405743-2FC7V7B80P4OKNIEANQJ/flashwindow3+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) (detail) Concrete Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405519640-6NJ05TSIR9ZCGI16LHMM/window11+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) (detail) Concrete Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405456476-OAB79B5MN99B4SDTET80/window4+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) (detail) Concrete Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405541814-BWAWTENWMVXBPVV5ODHA/window12+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) (detail) Concrete, Ambar brand soap Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405337625-O1ASMCW7IM3ACIG2RA0E/blindsdown5+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) (detail) Concrete, plastic Variable dimensions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1613405500184-CQ3533Z8YCHBH1GUH3QH/window10+%281+of+1%29.jpg Jabones Ambar - “Jabones Ambar: Esfuerzo” (burden) Concrete, plastic, Ambar brand soap Variable dimensions https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/unheld daily 0.75 2022-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603243896-MEW1LWQ6GH7M2AQVSS3U/socks17c+1+of+1.jpg Unheld This work was presented in the exhibition “courage within WOMEN without shelter” at the Monterey Museum of Art. This exhibition was the culmination of a long-term social action project working with over 50 local women without shelter. The project was designed to use the transformative power of art to reach this vulnerable population and to bring more attention to this issue in my Monterey Bay, California community. I created this body of work in response to my journey meeting and working with these formidable women. I chose to focus my work on the immense physical labor at the core of women without shelter’s daily experience and existence. I also explore the difficulty these women face in maintaining their identities and sense of self, and the central role belongings, their things, play in reinforcing these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603243896-MEW1LWQ6GH7M2AQVSS3U/socks17c+1+of+1.jpg Unheld This work was presented in the exhibition “courage within WOMEN without shelter” at the Monterey Museum of Art. This exhibition was the culmination of a long-term social action project working with over 50 local women without shelter. The project was designed to use the transformative power of art to reach this vulnerable population and to bring more attention to this issue in my Monterey Bay, California community. I created this body of work in response to my journey meeting and working with these formidable women. I chose to focus my work on the immense physical labor at the core of women without shelter’s daily experience and existence. I also explore the difficulty these women face in maintaining their identities and sense of self, and the central role belongings, their things, play in reinforcing these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603236027-BOJ1WNE2C3HNCT8A1E95/socks16c+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603210037-BY95X1PQH8YBVY1X2LOR/socks3c+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" “Unheld” is composed of over 500 etchings of socks. The printed socks are hung using tent thread, suspended from a rebar grid, held in place with a bobby pin and anchored to the ground with scotch tape. They sway in place, precariously suspended, much like these women’s lives. The prints are fragile in appearance, yet the thin paper is exceptionally strong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603235902-S10MYG855A6KJ40PB8G4/socks15c+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" Each “sock” represents one of the over 500 women without shelter living on the Monterey Peninsula. Purposeful use of materials is central to all of my work. In this case, I chose to use everyday materials to speak to the women’s reality of making do with what they have. Thread used for mending tents that are invariably damaged, bobby pins to speak to the women’s desire to hold on to their femininity and the importance of appearance on identity, Scotch tape, for what it takes to literally and figurative hold a life together on the streets. The use of industrial construction materials (rebar hanging structure) speaks to the structural insufficiencies and gaps in support available to unaccompanied women without shelter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603227440-051M3ZHCYT6PRCFE4BFF/socks12c+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" The women’s lives are in constant motion, walking day in and day out, and never quite at rest. The importance of a simple item such as comfortable socks is undeniable. Worn and threadbare, socks become a material manifestation of the wear and tear this way of life imposes on the body. I used socks to represent each woman because they are the most requested item at the local women’s day shelter, as well as at shelters nation wide. Socks also fit in with my greater interest in clothing as a vehicle for both maintaining our identity and projecting it onto the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656084930089-KNA1QN9M4QRC064JK350/socks6bw+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" Central to “Unheld” and “Burdens” (concrete sculpture seen in background of image) is the immense physical labor at the core of women without shelter’s daily experience and existence. I chose to work with laborious, heavy, repetitive processes in order to impose this labor on my own body through the course of creation. Soft ground etching is by nature a slow process and it took many full days of repeating the same steps over and over again to print the full editions, creating a connection with the women’s exhausting daily routines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656084939417-5GEJ2WC2GC0EG2KR1UP5/socks7bw+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656084948882-TZLPQ5VO0S0PQH7QYS65/socks14+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603227722-99MNGLC4CP1OW6VVKIL9/socks10c+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603244230-CFPJ77WY0V1ZJ0PSXEL4/socks21+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656084930184-WWVXTE48QJCC0SUNAED6/socks4c+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1655505234326-LLJEZK0WI5JSGOBX40WO/socks17c+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656084956791-UR0CB74S4WCNTMOD6YHP/socks16bw+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656084956074-DQ8Z4JLTP7XE2WJGX0CY/socks15bw+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656084948264-S0RNHKC1LKJMJH1WQ02E/socks9bw+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656084940613-8BKX0TM4B21DMADD3H42/socks8bw+1+of+1.jpg Unheld - "Unheld" 500+ copper etchings on mulberry paper, tent thread, bobby pins, rebar, Scotch tape 8x17x7 ft. (HxWxD) 2022 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/burdens daily 0.75 2022-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603988432-0TAY6OYW2HHIPLAWJ7FL/heartbag2+1+of+1.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Wheeled Backpack)" Concrete, plastic, fabric, metal 19x14x13 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603988432-0TAY6OYW2HHIPLAWJ7FL/heartbag2+1+of+1.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Wheeled Backpack)" Concrete, plastic, fabric, metal 19x14x13 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603971114-FTTMZSP0HAEE1OWK57QE/bags1+1+of+1.jpg Burdens - "Burdens" “Burdens” is a series of 8 concrete bag sculptures. While working with the women, I was struck not only by the importance of their material belongings but also by the burden these become. There is a heaviness and hardness to every aspect of these women’s lives. Their days have a constant circular motion, of walking and waiting, just to be repeated again the next day. The concrete bags visualize the literal heaviness of their belongings on their bodies, as well as symbolize the weight imposed by this way of life on their minds and health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656113037723-7GNOAQW4PW3WT6B92Q8S/bag3+1+of+1.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Classic Backpack)" Concrete, plastic, fabric 17x16x10 in. 2020 Creating the series of 8 sculptures in “Burdens,” required great physical endurance. Working with concrete is unforgiving on the body and fatigue quickly sets in. The labor involved in the process is central to the work as it fortifies the connection between my physical making of the pieces and the women that inspired them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603985746-V29VF97BLR6IKH5XUIUJ/heartbag+1+of+1.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Wheeled Backpack)" Concrete, plastic, fabric, metal 19x14x13 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111207973-X85RS02LCWUPCNOEGGYV/duffle_right_diagonal.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Duffle Bag)" Concrete, plastic, fabric 10x18x16 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111214936-GA4QCF1FT1A4SSA0XHHD/duffle_top.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Duffle Bag)" Concrete, plastic, fabric 10x18x16 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111212661-DKR2XZU548I31WGNMUAC/duffle_side.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Duffle Bag)" Concrete, plastic, fabric 10x18x16 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111196297-AKVF20U6FLQA9HV4H47Z/duffle_back.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Duffle Bag)" Concrete, plastic, fabric 10x18x16 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111240665-QVSXIDOYIJ0LWO8ROPD7/orange_black_tote_1.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Orange Tote, Black Tote)" Concrete, fabric 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111272634-4G3ZPGPN3E05E3AYMR6W/orange_tote_right.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Orange Tote)" Concrete, fabric 12x16x11 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656112140888-92R3WTI5UF5GVJ2IL3ZL/orange_tote_back.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Orange Tote)" Concrete, fabric 12x16x11 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111265444-WF1LTV3SWHWZYUDJG7PX/orange_tote_left.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Orange Tote)" Concrete, fabric 12x16x11 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111193313-P278UU6ZYZ9KVOBXHBXF/black_tote_right.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Black Tote)" Concrete, fabric 12x16x12 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111180550-6Q0P9PV6VTG4T3T8FFYG/black_tote_front.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Black Tote)" Concrete, fabric 12x16x12 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111191753-T9YLMICU50EXERRTM94S/black_tote_left.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Black Tote)" Concrete, fabric 12x16x12 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111182331-EU6HHZC9HFGW9CU7VB82/black_tote_leaning.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Black Tote)" Concrete, fabric 12x16x12 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111241309-SJW9YKEGH22DKKNTTW90/orange_black_tote_2.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Orange Tote, Black Tote)" Concrete, fabric 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651603984640-3T9SSULAK4WAXPYF06C9/green_bench.jpeg Burdens - "Burdens (Green Shoulder Bag)" Concrete, plastic, fabric, metal 10x15x12 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111255739-MTZZQQMAXM083LVZPEYV/orange_shoulder_backpack_studio_2.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Green Shoulder Bag, Orange Tote)" Concrete, fabric, metal, plastic 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651604033044-MYBLWLMXI9H7I0PB2ECD/rosenbaum_burdens_wheely_angle.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Wheeled Backpack)" Concrete, plastic, fabric, metal 19x14x13 in. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111290504-NZU2L1BW8FGRXSD4YB9X/wheely_turquoise_backpack.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Wheeled Backpack, Aqua Backpack)" Concrete, plastic, fabric, metal 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1656111291185-XT779LUWO7598JN0OQ1L/turqoise_backpack_2.jpg Burdens - "Burdens (Aqua Backpack)" Concrete, fabric, plastic 18x13x10 in. 2020 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/hold daily 0.75 2022-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651604748402-8ZCF065WNQHJIW7JWW13/smallframe6+1+of+1.jpg Hold - "Hold" This series grew out of my ongoing interest in the objects we choose to live with and their importance to and impact on our identities. In one of the art workshops with homeless women, I asked them to consider an object that was important to them and to write a few sentences about it. In layering my drawings over their handwriting, I view these pieces as collaborations. A small piece of each woman is seen and given voice through her handwriting. Conversely, each woman’s identity is obscured through the use of blind contour drawing, created in an intimate moment of focus and presence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651604748402-8ZCF065WNQHJIW7JWW13/smallframe6+1+of+1.jpg Hold - "Hold" This series grew out of my ongoing interest in the objects we choose to live with and their importance to and impact on our identities. In one of the art workshops with homeless women, I asked them to consider an object that was important to them and to write a few sentences about it. In layering my drawings over their handwriting, I view these pieces as collaborations. A small piece of each woman is seen and given voice through her handwriting. Conversely, each woman’s identity is obscured through the use of blind contour drawing, created in an intimate moment of focus and presence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651604744248-8GH471P6U5D8DVL8NWUV/smallframe4+1+of+1.jpg Hold - "Hold (Juliet)" Recycled denim paper, drafting film, handwriting, drawing 7x7 in 2020 The marks in these drawings represent each woman’s journey. Symbols are taken from maps and borrowed from repeated imagery used by each woman in her own artwork. While it is possible to read the text, I have obscured it with several layers of drafting film and drawing. The viewer needs to work a little harder, spend a little more time with the piece in order to read the text. This maintains the intimacy and spirit of the women’s handwriting and thoughts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651605240205-L2CHVEHQODLK8614LDZ4/juliet_cropped.jpg Hold - "Hold (Juliet)" Recycled denim paper, drafting film, handwriting, drawing 7x7 in 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651604737798-AY73FZ228ZJ0CC14ROCU/smallframe2+1+of+1.jpg Hold - "Hold" Recycled denim paper, drafting film, handwriting, drawing each 7x7 in 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651606753214-R8VQ74YOJGK3UUQTQO3W/flora_cropped.jpg Hold - "Hold" Recycled denim paper, drafting film, handwriting, drawing 7x7 in 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651604738312-C80KIMFS2IR87AH4XAAI/smallframe3+1+of+1.jpg Hold - "Hold" Recycled denim paper, drafting film, handwriting, drawing 7x7 in 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651604743623-JIWH3QH7J4KZHW95WAHR/smallframe5+1+of+1.jpg Hold - "Hold" Recycled denim paper, drafting film, handwriting, drawing 7x7 in 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651607826571-4S06TPXADL1DKPUMA7NW/ellie.jpg Hold - "Hold (Ellie)" Recycled denim paper, drafting film, handwriting, drawing 7x7 in 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1651606751015-LMH7R8PTZFX262OQ0G49/saratina_cropped.jpg Hold - "Hold" Recycled denim paper, drafting film, handwriting, drawing 7x7 in 2020 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/holding-onward daily 0.75 2023-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876128218-S9NUS6BBSEWC8VW71N7R/IMG_1935.jpeg Holding Onward - "Holding Onward" Digital print on vinyl, felt 10x20 ft. 2023 “Holding Onward” is a site-specific wall mural located within the Ohana Center, a new youth and adolescent mental health facility in Monterey, California. The Ohana campus is filled with carefully curated, site-specific and interactive artworks, all of which play a role in the kids’ therapy and healing while at Ohana. This piece began as a series of small pen and ink drawings of backpacks and developed into this large scale wall covering with felt overlays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876128218-S9NUS6BBSEWC8VW71N7R/IMG_1935.jpeg Holding Onward - "Holding Onward" Digital print on vinyl, felt 10x20 ft. 2023 “Holding Onward” is a site-specific wall mural located within the Ohana Center, a new youth and adolescent mental health facility in Monterey, California. The Ohana campus is filled with carefully curated, site-specific and interactive artworks, all of which play a role in the kids’ therapy and healing while at Ohana. This piece began as a series of small pen and ink drawings of backpacks and developed into this large scale wall covering with felt overlays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876134623-TXQGXI922AB8SL1P5J2Y/IMG_2301.jpeg Holding Onward - "Holding Onward" This piece is in the cafe at Ohana. In addition to being a space for gathering during meals, the cafe is a mixed-use communal space as well as the main location for community events. While grounded in complex concepts, this piece is whimsical, dynamic and energetic, making it suitable for a variety of audiences and situations. Meant to prompt introspection, curiosity, and new perspectives, there are many entry points for conversation among viewers of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876135701-I9LYY0TB2TEDCWWVLLFO/IMG_2303.jpeg Holding Onward - "Holding Onward" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876093463-D8U0TH8EFGZ94M92TDV3/IMG_1576.jpeg Holding Onward - "Holding Onward" Digital print on vinyl, felt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876086701-7HA9L86INK38E0NPFSN1/IMG_1562.jpeg Holding Onward - "Holding Onward" While my work is conceptually driven, I often ground it in our everyday objects and surroundings. In this case, the object that resonated with this meaningful location and demographic is the backpack. Backpacks hold significance for kids and adolescents; they all have, or have had, one. They carry their lives in their backpacks and these become a part of themselves. In essence, their backpack contains their identity, both who they have been and who they are becoming. They will carry their backpacks as they move from their home to the vulnerable space of Ohana. The backpack contains comfort objects, or becomes a comfort object unto itself. It may carry family connection objects, memory objects, bits and pieces of things that reinforce their identities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876101521-MHJ6F4AH7XEIG552JTF6/IMG_1597.jpeg Holding Onward - Holding Onward I originally thought of each square as an individual “space” for each child at Ohana. Through the development of the piece, the squares came to symbolize each child’s journey. There is no single direct path, one must be constructed. These “paths” create connections to both the past and future. This visual element of the piece provides an entry point to conversations with the kids about agency and transitions, journeys, converging and coming together, transformation and personal development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876086890-RRZI4284FLNRT1YYGA5Y/IMG_1559.jpeg Holding Onward - "Holding Onward" Digital print on vinyl, felt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876093912-84O7LYQ32K71W3JM2AVC/IMG_1587.jpeg Holding Onward - "Holding Onward" Digital print on vinyl, felt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876106708-UUHNUCAT9SLLKPV024S3/IMG_1599.jpeg Holding Onward - Holding Onward Why felt? The location of this mural within a medical facility meant that it had to adhere to OSHA standards: nothing sharp, nothing coming off the wall more than about an inch, nothing removed from the surface of the wall, no textiles, nothing that can be used to cause self harm. Additionally, it had to be durable long-term in a high traffic, high touch location. Felt fulfilled all of these needs as well as allowing me to play a little with dimension and layers. The felt also added an organic element, which helped soften the wall covering both visually and physically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876098984-QMSVQD5ORSSP3FO02P8E/IMG_1595.jpeg Holding Onward - "Holding Onward" Digital print on vinyl, felt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876113832-8XA4ULD4MUNNZ5F85EWF/IMG_1600.jpeg Holding Onward - Holding Onward My use of colors is very purposeful and usually limited. While this piece called for whimsy and energy, I also wanted there to be areas of comfort alongside areas of discomfort. Variety of color was also integral to giving kids moments within the piece to settle on, to identity with, be drawn to or away from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876138929-47CU40P2ZZMT496PTE0W/IMG_2304.jpeg Holding Onward - "Holding Onward" Digital print on vinyl, felt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876126812-UWN3UPCXJL586MAVEW40/IMG_1934.jpeg Holding Onward - Holding Onward Moving from the bottom of the wall through to the top, the backpacks are arranged to symbolize the transformative path kids move through while at Ohana. The backpacks on the bottom row, those of the youngest kids, are closed and tentative, yet playful and seeking connection. As we move to the middle row, the backpacks are those of adolescents. While a couple are open, beginning to reveal what is contained, forming connections, the third has not yet gained comfort. Finally, the backpack at the top is on its way out; having found its path, it is ready to move on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1703876121938-SAW7EWWGKVB0F9KMAYRZ/IMG_1906.jpeg Holding Onward - Holding Onward Digital print on vinyl, felt 10x20 ft 2023 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/in-the-studio-workinprogress daily 0.75 2025-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015346496-CGL5H97H6M6FKE1B6TT1/studio_install_3.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015346496-CGL5H97H6M6FKE1B6TT1/studio_install_3.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015287113-DO6KHUWJA5X2VD9GXC30/celes_blanket_flat_box_1.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015288242-4RXG6511AAKT0523NY3N/celes_blanket_flat_box_2.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015294012-O1GK2ES7OX1IH59F7DYA/celes_blanket_flat_box_3.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015309801-992EJF1O1A0C9HOLD88A/moving_blanket_1.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015312136-2J72EA0O6WIVWMGIO0YK/moving_blanket_2.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015313990-FWPEIL1ZT5C68MT918DX/moving_blanket_3.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015319646-9P0GJQHBNNS651J7UVUL/pink_towel_2.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015317085-2S2WRE4IQO9K3FIKYMKO/pink_towel_1.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015322307-2JTE57DA0QECJB4EA08V/pink_towel_3.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015305659-D0SKXK2GASI73QKBRMMH/green_comforter_3.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015303486-D4AM67G4INVMMMT972Q2/green_comforter_2.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015301009-QEZ263Z6TH2IWFLF138N/green_comforter_1.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015307466-JVDMTT2IUXSSHXEK0II9/green_comforter_4.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015341767-W9S92SAAPE3ACLTV0K5J/studio_install_1.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015323325-LX123CYSKSAOQPQOJXOI/small_box_1.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015325200-8FRK3O8LO4UII17RW2LT/small_box_2.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015327781-DAPZQ3KADGM1EGGHP8TK/small_box_3.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015330738-F5JC8MI2DK1JGPXO6VSH/small_box_detail.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015282243-N7V90I9Y632VO6I5GAU4/all_small_1.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015332965-F6E9XWDAECXO9TTUKVKH/small_flat_1.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015334951-BTH99QWPI3BS8JFVMC8K/small_flat_2.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015337102-5GF969Q31NZU4E1S0HPD/small_flat_3.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015339377-EUBOQIJU5AOTNGDKY86V/small_flat_4.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015296116-6LV6ZVVVSY3YZJ2GE6CZ/extra_small_1.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1750015298444-Q9S21A05AMOAC550OBL4/extra_small_2.jpg in the studio: work-in-progress https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/new-page daily 0.75 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/83b49dc0-2faf-4a80-9387-0c131b4f20d6/IMG_6243.jpeg contact https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/newsletter daily 0.75 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/10900df8-1512-4882-9bf9-d3f9f8ace7af/bag3+1+of+1.jpg newsletter https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/06b3395f-c0db-4319-b4cf-c62d1368a244/IMG_9384.jpeg about https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/home daily 1.0 2025-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/7aa8d2fd-287b-473c-803c-9e1eabb66b97/socks16c+1+of+1.jpg home https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/sundaysunday-2 daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1584988169512-N5XJQWYH0N4RBYNJ8JEO/install_2_web.jpg sunday-sunday https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/explorations-about daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1585320116993-59EHKWLWPIO1Z5LOBXZE/install_3_web.jpg ABOUT: explorations https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/lists-about daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/1585328188435-HU0AOO7XL74FF2OWL4BR/install_1_web.jpg ABOUT: vulnerable, to do, sunday-sunday https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/new-page-3 daily 0.75 2023-12-29 https://www.doralisarosenbaum.com/pagecv daily 0.75 2025-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b9aa08285ede146459a4ad0/377c1332-d407-4f56-be51-57a7e28cc327/IMG_1835.jpg cv