Debra Hampton is best known for her psychedelic mash-up collages of female heroines created from fashion and lifestyle magazine advertisements.
To prepare for a work, Hampton sifts through countless images from catalogues and magazines; selecting objects that signify social power, desire, immortality and status. These symbols are juxtaposed with those representing defense, competition, strength, war and violence.
These figures contain and emit duality. They emerge from the cacophony of dissected emblems while also expelling shards of modern entrapment. It is neither meant as an endorsement or a simple critique. Rather, these portraits are to be considered explorations of material, spiritual, and ethical contradictions and transformation.
Hands I
Magazine cut out, ink, pen, adhesive film, on Canson black paper. 19.34 x 19.34 in / 49x49 cm
Hands II
Magazine cut out, ink, pen, adhesive film, on Canson black paper. 19.34 x 19.34 in / 49x49 cm
Hands III
Magazine cut out, ink, pen, adhesive film, on Canson black paper. 19.34 x 19.34 in / 49x49 cm
Change Seekers, Victory Exploders, Riding the Rocket Volume Express
Magazine cut out, archival prints, acrylic paint, contact paper, adhesive, ink, and paper mounted on panel with varnish 72 x 48 in | 182 x 122 cm
Hands Off!
Magazine cut out, archival print, adhesive, ink, paper and varnish mounted on panel 48 x 36 in | 122 x 91 cm
Moments of Inertia
Magazine cut out, archival prints, acrylic paint, contact paper, adhesive, ink, and paper mounted on panel with varnish 72 x 48 in | 182 x 122 cm
From Profit to Protection
Magazine cut out, watercolor, adhesive, ink, paper, panel, and varnish 18 x 18 in | 46 x 46 cm
Expulsion of Modern Thought
Magazine cut out, watercolor, adhesive, ink, paper, panel, and varnish 18 x 18 in | 46 x 46 cm
Rapid Fire
Magazine cut out, watercolor, adhesive, ink, paper, panel, and varnish 18 x 18 in | 46 x 46 cm
Coronation of the Dialectical Spin
Magazine cut out, archival prints, adhesive, ink, paper, panel, and varnish 48 x 36 in | 122 x 91 cm
True Match Concealed by Central Fire
Magazine cut out, archival prints, adhesive, ink, paper, panel, and varnish 48 x 36 in | 122 x 91 cm
Good as Gold, Bad as Blast
Magazine cut out, archival prints, adhesive, ink, paper, panel, and varnish 48 x 36 in | 122 x 91 cm
Armor Gallery
Suit of Armor #1, 2010 Recyclable plastic containers and lids, plastic chain, plastic gun pieces, glue, spray paint 52 x 36 x 24 in | 132 x 91 x 61 cm
Suit of Armor #1 (back view), 2010 Recyclable plastic containers and lids, plastic chain, plastic gun pieces, glue, spray paint 52 x 36 x 24 in | 132 x 91 x 61 cm
Suit of Armor #2, 2010 Recyclable plastic containers and lids, glue, spray paint, clear glaze 56 x 28 x 18 in | 142 x 71 x 46 cm
Suit of Armor #2 (back view), 2010 Recyclable plastic containers and lids, glue, spray paint, clear glaze 56 x 28 x 18 in | 142 x 71 x 46 cm
Suit of Armor #3, 2010 Recyclable plastic containers and lids, glue, spray paint, clear glaze 40 x 24 x 18 in | 231 x 61 x 46 cm
Suit of Armor #3 (back view), 2010 Recyclable plastic containers and lids, glue, spray paint, clear glaze 40 x 24 x 18 in | 231 x 61 x 46 cm
Suit of Armor #4, 2010 Recyclable plastic containers and lids, glue, spray paint, clear glaze 32 x 27 x 20 in |81 x 69 x 51 cm
Suit of Armor #4 (back view), 2010 Recyclable plastic containers and lids, glue, spray paint, clear glaze 32 x 27 x 20 in |81 x 69 x 51 cm
Headdress #1, 2006 Metal, foam, wood, metal and glass beads, silver wire, feathers, fur, magazine cutout, xacto blades, rifle cleaners and acrylic paint Variable dimensions
Headdress #1 (detail), 2006 Metal, foam, wood, metal and glass beads, silver wire, feathers, fur, magazine cutout, xacto blades, rifle cleaners and acrylic paint Variable dimensions
Talisman Gallery
Talisman (QRO), 2008 Crystal, glass, wood, silver-plated, ceramic and bone beads, feathers, deer teeth, sewing needles, xacto blades, morse code 17 x 5 x 5 in | 43 x 13 x 13 cm
Talisman (QRO) (detail view top), 2008 Crystal, glass, wood, silver-plated, ceramic and bone beads, feathers, deer teeth, sewing needles, xacto blades, morse code 17 x 5 x 5 in | 43 x 13 x 13 cm
Talisman (QRO) (detail view bottom), 2008 Crystal, glass, wood, silver-plated, ceramic and bone beads, feathers, deer teeth, sewing needles, xacto blades, morse code 17 x 5 x 5 in | 43 x 13 x 13 cm
Wine For A Shotgun Gallery
Book cover design for Marty McConnell's book, Wine for a Shotgun
Back cover design in Marty McConnell's book, Wine for a Shotgun
Postcard (front) for promoting Marty McConnell's book, Wine for a Shotgun and book tour
Postcard (back) for promoting Marty McConnell's book, Wine for a Shotgun and book tour
