Outrage

20" x 25"
ink, ballpoint pen, and inkjet prints on duralar
2009

Burst
20" x 26.5"
ink, ballpoint pen, and inkjet prints on duralar
2009

Rupture
20" x 26.5"
ink, ballpoint pen, and inkjet prints on duralar
2009

Monique D. Lopez is a 2010 MFA graduate from CCA. An image of a microscopic cancer cell is what first intrigued her interest in the investigation of disease. It was saturated with color and she questioned how something deadly could be beautiful. In the work's development she takes into consideration the beauty she saw in the microscopic image and the grotesque effects of cancer’s invasiveness, such as tumors, and attempt to bring those things together in order to
have the viewer be attracted and repulsed simultaneously. Her intent is not to literally depict a disease, but rather have the work be a presence in the space—an invasive entity.

See Monique's work in person at Era Artbar, coming in August, details TBA. A follow-up exhibit will be shown at FiveTen Studio in September. To see more samples of the artist's work, click here.