Sunday, April 13, 2014

Martha Colburn


Myth Labs, 2008
Chaotic scenes of early America include juxtaposed pipes, matches, junk from today used in a meth lab.  Violence and mayhem reign in short film depicting meth labs.  Jesus has meth in his bible.  Babies are neglected by addicted adults.  American settlers attempting to find spiritually get side tracked by meth addiction.  Violence and contradiction draw attention to materialist consumerism.

A collage of bright colors, arbitrary placement of overlapping objects, direct outward gaze of the Native American, all add to the dramatic violence of the poster and of the film.  History collides with pop culture. Frenetic energy fills the picture with urgency and pessimism.

marthacolburn.com: Hortongallery.com; artinamericamagazine.com




Triumph of the Wild, 2008, Animaition, 11:02  Horton Gallery.com  depicts war

Artinamericamagazine.com
Dolls vs Dictators, 2010  she did to the leaders what they did to people, boil them


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