Creating Conversations
Finding Connections
Next, you will see No Entry three more times, each time paired with a different artwork. For each pairing, think about what connects the two artworks together.
Look closely at the artworks below.
Here, we see Allan deSouza’s No Entry paired with Amy Cutler’s Passage.
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Cutler depicts a dream-like landscape that comments on the environment and waste. In Cutler’s world, she portrays only females. We see a female here, but her head is replaced with a traffic light. The black cat could be an ominous symbol. She works from her imagination, combined with some real-world objects, to explore her memories, misunderstandings, and anxiety.
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Cutler explains her work:
As an American with no strong ties to any ancestral traditions, I am curious about other cultures, and I’m drawn to working with pre-industrial imagery because of the poetic nature of the exposed mechanics. The clothing and architecture are made by hand. Nothing is hidden in the process. I think a lot about climate change and globalization.