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Dawn Hunter
SPectacle Spectacular, Paintings



These drawings were created by researching the Fashion Photography, Fashion Editorials, and ADvertising within Condé Nast publications Spanning a twenty year Period. I focused in particular on issues of VOgue and Vanity Fair Magazines.



Spectacle Spectacular, Paintings is a series of mixed media drawings and paintings in which I analyze, deconstruct, and reconstruct the seasonal fashion forecasting of issues of American Vogue from the twenty-year period 1980-2000. In that period, Vogue’s representations of idealized femininity underwent a striking shift, from images that promoted self-empowerment to those that suggest a woman’s sense of self-worth is determined largely by her ability to conform to contemporary social norms of grace and beauty. The magazine’s iconography of femininity thus evolved to create a Cinderella-like transformation myth, which proposed that by undertaking an extensive range of self-improvements, any reader could achieve the goal of becoming the ideal woman. Because fashion magazines are so widely read by young women, and because Vogue is such an influential industry leader, the impact of this shift in Vogue’s presentation of ideal femininity is potentially profound. It not only invites women to seek self-worth from external sources rather than from within it also encourages self-objectification via its message that the body is a malleable object that can be slimmed, waxed, plucked and massaged into perfection.


Dawn Hunter



A Matter of Time, watercolor, graphite, and pen on paper, 11" x 12", 2009



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MostMore, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 18" x 24", 2008



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Blue with Envy, acrylic and ink on paper, 16" x 20", 2008



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Gold Rush, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 18" x 24", 2008



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Checker Board Squared, acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24", 2011



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Gold Rush, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 18" x 24", 2008



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A Touch of the Lesbian, ink and acrylic on paper, 12" x 18", 2005



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Lusty Virgin, ink and acrylic on paper, 12" x 18", 2005



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Every Body is Most Beautiful, graphite, ink and pen on paper, 30" x 44", 2007



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Sitting Pretty installation, acrylic, ink, and gold leaf on canvas, 2006-2008 details from installation featured below and on pages 1 & 3 of Spectacle Spectacular Paintings on this site.



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Minimal, acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24", 2006



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Gold Rush, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 18" x 24" x 2", 2006



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Match the Pleasure, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 18" x 24" x 1", 2006



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Watercolors Worth Remembering, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 18" x 24", 2007



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Protection is a Delicate Matter, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 4" x 4" x 3", 2007



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A Certain Style of Enlightenment, acrylic and ink on paper, 12" x 18", 2010



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Best in Show, acrylic and ink on paper, 20" x 40", 2009



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