The work of Laura Elkins

laura@lauraelkinsartist.com

20 Ninth Street NE
Washington, DC 20002

202.546.4556

represented by Marion Callis

THE WHITE HOUSE COLLECTION
is a series of self-portraits as First Ladies that reference the official portraits in the White House. I use these matron icons to question our notions of femininity, sexuality and aging though the conceptual use of the traditional genre of portraiture.

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addresses life in our age of catastrophe and was prompted by personal experience with abusive government, compounded by national and international political events.

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Self-portrait as Mamie
2000
acrylic on 1950s fabric
mounted on wood panel
42 x 34 inches

brief statement goes here.

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Self as Mamie Undressing
2001
acrylic on canvas
42 x 34 inches

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Mamie 9/11
2001
ashes, oil on canvas
42 x 34 inches

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Mamie with Sunburn
2005
oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches

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Lady Bird with Cottonmouth
2006
acrylic on canvas and wood frame
35.5 x 29.5 inches

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Lady Bird Nude with Catfish
2001/2006
acrylic on canvas and wood frame
35 x 29 inches

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Self-portrait as Lady Bird Naked
2001
acrylic on canvas
24 x 20 inches

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Self-portrait as Jackie
2001
acrylic on fabric
48 x 32 inches

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Jackie with Inspectors
2007
oil on canvas and wood frame
23.5 x 19.5 inches

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Self-portrait as Eleanor Roosevelt
2001
oil, acrylic on canvas
65 x 38 inches

The White House Collection

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Installations

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Inspector Triumph
2004
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 180 inches

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Mad Money
2007
acrylic on tyvek
112 x 36 inches

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You Can Use the Corpse
2006
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 180 inches

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The Inspector’s Shower
2004
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 180 inches

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acles of sci
2005
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 168 inches

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Ode to Joy
2005
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 180 inches

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ek
2005
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 180 inches

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Inspector Vindictivenessisnotinthelaw
2004
acrylic on tyvek
101 x 36 inches x 36 inches

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Chicken Little
2005
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 108 inches

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What Madness
2005
latex, acrylic on tyvek
240 x 216 inches
Washington DC

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The Sky is Falling
2006
latex on tyvek
dimensions vary
Washington DC

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Hubris Hurts: A Landscape Painting
2007
latex, enamel on tyvek and Dura-lar
dimensions vary
Baltimore MD

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Cajun Christmas
2005
latex, acrylic on tyvek
180 x 216 inches
Washington DC

10.30.07

NIGHTMARE REDUX

an audio/visual installation

call 202.679.1192 for cell tour
Come by Halloween for trick or treat!!

Nightmare Redux is partof BooWho? organized by the Private Home/Public Art Project. read more

10.10.07

Virgina Center for the Creative Arts

I am pleased to share that VCCA and the Sweet Briar Studio Art faculty have awarded me the Forsyth Fellowship for a two-week residency at VCCA. . read more