- Show
- Divinely Irreverent
- Type
- Solo show
- Venue
- Evolve Urban Arts Center, Pierce School Lofts, 1375 Maryland Ave NE
- Where
- Washington, DC
- Opening
- Saturday, December 5, 2009
- Before this
- International Blasphemy Day, Center for Inquiry DC, September 30, 2009
About the show
The timing of Dana’s exhibition at Evolve – just in time for the holiday season – is of no small coincidence. Divinely Irreverent immediately follows on the heels of her nationally recognized participation in the first International Blasphemy Day (September 30th) and continues her provocative pictorial questioning of America’s religious and social traditions. December marks the time of year when we both celebrate our Judeo-Christian heritage and camp overnight in Wal-Mart parking lots across the nation to purchase the latest electronic gizmos. Dana’s paintings included in this exhibition will shed a unique, harsh light on the point of intersection where our faith tradition and frenzied consumerism meet.
Despite the intense subject matter, Dana still maintains a sense of dark humor in both paint and print; in a recent CNN interview she states that even though she doesn’t believe in hell, she still feels a bit uneasy hearing that she’s headed straight for it.
The paintings
Shoe Worship
Children of the Corn Syrup
Living in the Present
Going to Hell in a Hand Basket
Bull in a China Shop
No, Not Even Then
Cuddling is for Teddy Bears
Nurture Nature
Adoration of the Shepherdess
The Great Escape
Hop Scotch
Charlie's Angel
In Line For Swine
Coquette and the Carousel
Question
Subjugated
Trading Beauty Secrets
This Side Up
Betty's Bright Idea
Birds of a Feather
Pink Slip
Two Things That Never Seems to Go Out of Style (the Little Black Dress & Eavesdropping)
Coming To Town
Waiting...
AFP video interview
In the press
