Remember Back Then, When I Was Alive? by Frances and Ashley Peralta
Medium: Assemblage/Collage
Size: 23 x 36 inches
Artist statement: “This collage/assemblage is a collaboration between a public school 5th grader and her parent thinking visually about the way school and future institutuons such as work and prison suck your blood, smother your creativity, and snuff out your natural born genius.”
Image description: “A bulletin board with a cardboard presentation trifold covered with scaps from school rulebooks, doodles, post-it notes, brochure outtakes, puzzle pieces, Andy Warhol bananas, gold stars, and product certificates titled “”Certificate of Conformity””, all covered in blue and red crayon wax drippings. A white beast mask with red teeth approximating blood hangs on the corner of the bulletin board.”