LAM Installation

OsCene at Laguna Art Museum
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A site-specific installation featuring hand-painted wallpaper and tromp l’oeil painted surface mold growth.

 
Aesthetics of Decay: Wall Mold / 2010 / oil and acrylic installation

Aesthetics of Decay: Wall Mold / 2010 / oil and acrylic installation

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“Shannon Faseler … combines classic, 18th century patterns with images from Hurricane Katrina to create images that challenge our ideas of what is considered beautiful.”

— Orange County Register

Aesthetics of Decay: Wall Mold / 2010 / oil and acrylic installation

Aesthetics of Decay: Wall Mold / 2010 / oil and acrylic installation

Aesthetics of Decay: Humboldt Fog #1, #2 / 2010 / oil on canvas / 18 x 24 in

Aesthetics of Decay: Humboldt Fog #1, #2 / 2010 / oil on canvas / 18 x 24 in

Aesthetics of Decay: Humboldt Fog #1, #2 (detail)

Aesthetics of Decay: Humboldt Fog #1, #2 (detail)

Aesthetics of Decay: Wall Mold (detail)

Aesthetics of Decay: Wall Mold (detail)

Aesthetics of Decay: Wall Mold (detail)

Aesthetics of Decay: Wall Mold (detail)

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“Her painted toile design features couples dancing gaily, swinging on tree branches or listening to music, menaced by a stylized black mold. To add to the cleverness, there’s wood molding below the “wallpaper” and the title of the two framed oil paintings (Aesthetics of Decay, Humboldt Fog #1 and #2) are blunt reminders that what we’re looking at will all pass with time.”

— OC Weekly