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Sajeela Ramsey

* Sajeela Ramsey
2-D Visual
Falls Church, VA
Space:5 SE C7
Updated Fri, 04/04/2008 - 10:22pm
Neo-Icon (full size)
Acrylics on cardboard in wood frame
6 feet by 3 feet
2008
Stylized iconograph of a high priestess morphed iconoclast Neo-Ikon (Neocon), namely George Bush with spirits Rumsfeld and Cheney gracing his holy shoulders, and holding who else but the innocent infant GW. The face of George Bush with a halo came from a Washington Post photograph taken by a French journalist pre-911, and is an amazing snapshot of our fine leader standing in front of a FEMA seal (he was delivering a speech), with the seal appearing to take on a corona with devil horns. The original photo was scanned and enlarged to become the head of the Neo-Ikon. The piece was inspired in part by a National Portrait Gallery 14th century oil painting of a religious high priestess icon. This depiction has some 15 or so stylized Christmas-calendar windows, each labeling a major category of scandal under the current administration. Each "window" has photos or other imagery signifying the category; for example, if you open the "Iraq War" window you will see an image of an Iraqi child whose face is literally melted in a fire-storm attack; another collateral damage victim. For each major Scandal section there are entires of text; some 400 altogether, in total, and counting! At the bottom of the image is stylized Greek lettering: Toto Terrorum.
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