GEDDI MONROE VISUAL ART
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​Abuse comes in multiple forms. The pieces in my ongoing "White on Black" series chronicle and visualize experiences with traumatic stress and coping, specifically the adjustments that must be made to heal one's psyche after such experiences. The works are built from a studied visual language that conveys the melancholia of these experiences, and compositions are designed to capture greater occurrences, places, and struggles into reduced single images. Making these events into single objects helps solidify them, and so each work is painstakingly researched with staged and unstaged photography to capture as much necessary relevant information for the subject as possible.
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Series in-progress showing at Rowan Cabarrus Community College North Campus, Salisbury, NC. July 2018. 2D pieces from left to right: "The Altar, pt 1", "Ceremony", "Moth", "Bench", "The Altar, pt 2". 3D pieces from left to right: "The Altar, pt 4", "The Altar, pt 5", "The Altar, pt 3".

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"Bench", approx. 31.5"x25.5" mixed media w/ graphite, charcoal, soapstone, acrylic paint, ink, chalk pastel on discarded matte board. 2017. Part of "White On Black" series.
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"Moth", 12"x12" mixed media w/ charcoal, acrylic paint, ink, chalk pastel on discarded matte board. 2017. Part of "White On Black" series.
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"The Altar, pt. 1", 20"x30" mixed media w/ charcoal, gouache, acrylic, ink, modelling paint on discarded matte board. 2018. Part of "White on Black" series.
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"The Altar, pt. 2", approx 36"x25" physical collage of original digital photography. 2018. Part of "White On Black" series, continuation of "Altar" sub-study.
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"The Altar, pt 3". Salvage railroad spikes w/ plastic and modelling paint. 2018. Part of "White On Black" series, continuation of "Altar" sub-study.

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Side 1 of "The Altar, pt 4". Salvage wheel component w/ plastic and acrylic paint. 2018. Part of "White On Black" series, continuation of "Altar" sub-study.
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Side 2 of "The Altar, pt 4". Salvage wheel component w/ plastic and acrylic paint. 2018. Part of "White On Black" series, continuation of "Altar" sub-study.

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Side view of "The Altar, pt 5". Salvage horn w/ plastic and acrylic paint. 2018. Part of "White On Black" series, continuation of "Altar" sub-study.
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Front view of "The Altar, pt 5". Salvage horn w/ plastic and acrylic paint. 2018. Part of "White On Black" series, continuation of "Altar" sub-study.

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"Ceremony", 20"x30" mixed media w/ charcoal, acrylic paint, chalk pastel, micron pen on black stonehenge paper. 2018. Part of "White On Black" series.

  • About
  • Photography
    • Live Music
  • Drawing
  • Older Work
    • White on Black
    • Miscellaneous
    • Portrait Series
  • Contact