2012
hand-cut magazine collages assembled on Arches Aquarelle archival watercolor paper
14 H × 10 W in (35.56 H × 25.4 W cm) each
31 in series
Transfigurations examines pseudo-scientific and pseudo-spiritual tropes in health, beauty, fashion and lifestyle advertising. Didactic diagrams, scientific illustrations and allusions to nature come together with seductive smudges, ecstatic splashes and sugary drips. Titles for the series are taken from the adspeak in the magazine sources and include language that conflates science, magic, enlightenment, and salvation with phrases like:
Transfigurations examines pseudo-scientific and pseudo-spiritual tropes in health, beauty, fashion and lifestyle advertising. Didactic diagrams, scientific illustrations and allusions to nature come together with seductive smudges, ecstatic splashes and sugary drips. Titles for the series are taken from the adspeak in the magazine sources and include language that conflates science, magic, enlightenment, and salvation with phrases like:
…Taking a captivating approach, Splan puts the viewer on edge by questioning current media ideologies related to medical science…
Project support provided by Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency Grant, Tofte Lake Center Emerging Artists Program/Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Stanford University
