Laura Larson

“A Women’s place"

“Elaine”

Installation: 46” x 36-1/2” x 19”
Light up vanity on vanity table and a purse on the floor.
Femme Lite vanity mirror: 16” x13.5” x 4.5” (with drawer extended – depth is 7.5”)  
Marbles, embroidered velvet, milagros, silver and gold leaf 
Table Vanity with fabric: 30” x 36” x 19”
Etched smoke mirror with white gold and 22k gold,  wooden legs
Red purse with marbles and interior florescent light – 8” x 13” x 8.”
Based on the novel Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
Quote on mirror: “Look at Yourself!  Just Look!”
Embroidered quote in drawer:  “There is never only one, of anyone.”

“Susie”

Sculpture:  29” x 46” x 14”
Found vanity with metal frame, 2 glass shelves and attached mirror, a bone and a rug.  Mirror etched with gold, silver and copper leaf. Etched glass shelves.
Based on The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
Quote on mirror:  “When you kiss me, I see heaven.”

“Anna”

Sculpture –  16” x 11-1/2” x 9”
Found perfume bottle (Jean Paul Gaultier), glass dome wood pedestal 48” x 14” x 12”
Based on Voyage in the Dark , by Jean Rhys
Quote on glass dome:  “I was so nervous about how I looked that three–quarters of me was in a prison, wandering round and round in a circle.”

Artist Statement

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Contact: Sinead Finnerty-Pyne
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