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University Art Museum: JULLIAN MCDONALD: HORROR MAKE-UP |
Location: University Art Museum
Time:
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM10/14/09 to 1/31/10
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Video still, courtesy of Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco
Jillian Mcdonald is a multimedia artist who explores the romance and horror film genres in her multimedia work. Her performance-based video, Horror Make-Up (2006) was filmed, unbeknownst to her fellow subway riders, while on a typical commute to work. Mcdonald filmed herself applying cosmetics during the ride, transforming her features into that of a zombie. This work takes its cues from the legion of women who perform beauty rituals on subways or buses and the cult of horror that looms large in popular culture. Locating the audience physically in the subway performance space positions them as both voyeurs of her transformation and potential victims of the zombie which she becomes.
contact: http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/Pages/exhibitions_front_page.html
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