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The Vacuum Packed Drawings of Melissa Cook

Melissa Cook does extremely realistic graphite drawings. But this particular series of plastic bag self portraits are extra frightening.

Says the artist: "The Vacuum series ascribes to the devices of melancholia in order to explore society’s fascination with violence, death and insanity. In this series I create a fictional, tortured persona in order to fulfill the stereotype of the tragic artist. Within my avatar, I am able to exaggerate the characteristics of the crazy, unstable, melancholic artist in order to question its glorification and validity.”

Melissa Cook does extremely realistic graphite drawings. But this particular series of plastic bag self portraits are extra frightening. Says the artist: “The Vacuum series ascribes to the devices of melancholia in order to explore society’s fascination with violence, death and insanity. In this series I create a fictional, tortured persona in order to fulfill the stereotype of the tragic artist. Within my avatar, I am able to exaggerate the characteristics of the crazy, unstable, melancholic artist in order to question its glorification and validity.”

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