Personal and political life of an artist encompassing all the tribulations and joys of painting, living, performing and how the world outside impacts my own singular vision.
I am a BLONDE! Explosive BLONDE in disguise. What does it feel like? We can re-invent ourselves and become glamorous and deal with feminine stereotypes. Music and Art: Grace Graupe-Pillard
Three short videos, all under 20 seconds, part of an ongoing series of "mantras" I repeat to myself to keep on going and working as time flies by
Occupy Wall Street Union March - Oct 5, 2011 Music by Grace Graupe-Pillard I wanted to support public service employees and I did do just that. The Occupy Wall Street march was peaceful, diverse and unfocused which was refreshing. Need for school teachers to be respected, need for art in education, Unions fighting for the right to organize, etc. There were a plethora of signs There were old-time hippies, Socialists, Communists, Goth and Punk kids, families, grannys, grandpas, white and blue co...
Floating in a sea of water, snow, fire, earth and sky. Dealing metaphorically with the subconscious memories of my grandparents as well as other family members' deaths in a concentration camp during Hitler's Third Reich in Germany. This piece addresses my feelings of aging and vulnerability as I am literally "bared" and the ever-present nature of change be it constructive or destructive. Music: Grace Graupe-Pillard Thank you to Wolfram Tones
Outside of my studio on a cold, blustery night in February during a snowstorm. The beauty, poetry, light and sound of snow.
Did you ever watch your mother put on lipstick? That is where it often begins.A leisurely fun trip through my obsession with finding the perfect lipstick/lipgloss. This video emphasizes the gritty, grainy nature of the ritual of beautifying one-self.A special thanks to Anna who generously gifted me with tubes of lipstick/lipgloss - encouraging my mania.
The force and power of Nature and the nature of human force and power are visually synthesized. ; Nature - earth, universe, country, environment and world... Nature - attributes, character and disposition....
This video is the fourth in a series of an artist dancing exposed and vulnerable. Art openings, pre-painting rituals, the act of painting, and the tangled world of negotiating the "business" of art is the focus of this video.
My personal response viewing demonstrations and the desperate living conditions of those who are collateral damage in the conflicts being fought throughout the world. The demonstrators' chants and bursts of gunfire often dominate the sound track. Music: Grace Graupe-Pillard