Description:
black horse in u.l. corner of composition, with abstracted yellow lipstick kiss in l.r. corner. "PERFORMANCE ANXIETY" in bottom right corner of plate.
Label Text:
Label text from “The Art of Collecting: Contemporary Prints from the Risa Gerrig Collection,” September 10 – October 12, 2014:
Brannon is interested in the connection between social ideals and personal critique. His work investigates topical social and psychological issues, content that is masked with a clean aesthetic inspired by classic graphic design. In Performance Anxiety Brannon explores feelings of inadequacy. In the upper left corner, the pristine silhouette of horse, posed as if in show and seemingly placed on a pedestal, acts as a measure of societal expectations. The text, in the bottom right corner, counteracts this image, alluding to feelings of self-doubt and the inability to meet such expectations. An abstracted lipstick outline above the text hints at a sexual deficiency, underscoring the personal nature of the content and highlighting psychology as a product of environment. - Felicia Bolaske (B.A. ‘14)
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