American Family

American Family, giclee print, 40” x 60”, 2008
Large format composited digital photograph restaging Gericault’s Raft of the Medusa and an inquiry to the state of the American Family, especially in regard to the food or rather fruit they eat (or don’t eat). The image has 4 characters which represent the 4 characters in Gericault’s painting who are looking towards the horizon for rescue. In Gericault’s painting these characters have they backs to the viewer, however in American Family the parents and the children look past the viewer for hope and perhaps rescue from an unknown agent, in this case the viewer.