The personal and visual journal of Deborah Durban.
Playing Catch-up!
I was in this show last month with these Lego pieces:
Dame Aretha and her Soft Center Soul Singers Lego Blocks. Group: 10x10x20”. Individually: Dame 10x10x10″, singers: 5x5x8”. 2021-2022
Dame Aretha (Detail) Lego Blocks.10x10x10″. 2022.
Sibling 1: Christopher Lego Blocks. 3x10x10″. 2022.
Sibling 2: Deborah Lego Blocks and sari-twine. 3x10x10″. 2022.
Sibling 3: Michael Lego Blocks and string 3x10x10″. 2022.
I started using Lego as a form of expression during the Covid Pandemic. I am making portraits and it is amazing how you can capture someone’s looks in bricks!
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I am a mixed media an artist who lives and works in Southern Utah.
I use personal narratives as a lens to explore broader cultural and political issues. My own experiences of being an outsider—as an immigrant to this country, and as a woman who pursued a career in a male-dominated profession of my birth country of England, gave me a unique perspective on rights and opportunities many of us take for granted. My work regularly confronts cultural stereotypes and alienation that arise from questions of body image, something that she has become acutely aware of in confronting physical challenges brought about by illness.
I work in many mediums, and currently, I am doing collage portraiture." View all posts by Deborah Durban