TIARA NON GRATA
TIARA NON GRATA
New Work by Emily Bennett-Beck and Erin Goedtel
Soo Visual Arts Center
September 7 – October 19, 2013
"Tiara Non Grata, explores the beautiful failures in judgment of a society controlled by the fantasy depictions of “real life” in media. Emily Bennett-Beck and Erin Goedtel skillfully create a feeling of disgust hovering underneath the surface of their breathtakingly intricate and even glamorous paintings and mixed media work. This exhibition is both a condemnation and acknowledged lust for the mostly unattainable ideals of beauty perpetuated in society; it is our love/hate relationship with all that glitters."
(Courtesy of SooVAC)
![Tiara Non Grata Exhibition [front view]
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/vmlqig3uQzIlOxka.jpg)
![Tiara Non Grata Exhibition [hallway]
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/1oKLY1Cethquu5cy.jpg)
![Tiara Non Grata Exhibition [back gallery]
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/HFFY3bik7O_35pJT.jpg)
2013
2013
![The Ungrateful Looking Glass
[detail including painting by Emily Bennett Beck]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/Q6NdO1wuTQs1vizy.jpg)
Mirror, mannequin hands, surgical tape, 50 sets of acrylic nails, chain, spikes, beads, fake crystals tears, pleather, enamel, acrylic paint, spray paint, wax, gilded insects
2013
Mirror, mannequin hands, surgical tape, 50 sets of acrylic nails, chain, spikes, beads, fake crystals tears, pleather, enamel, acrylic paint, spray paint, wax, gilded insects
2013
![The Ungrateful Looking Glass
[detail]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/g9yhvDCAFpkDQDso.jpg)
Mirror, mannequin hands, surgical tape, 50 sets of acrylic nails, chain, spikes, beads, fake crystals tears, pleather, enamel, acrylic paint, spray paint, wax, gilded insects
2013
![The Ungrateful Looking Glass
[detail from below]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/9w4vImhrvA9T5pyo.jpg)
Mirror, mannequin hands, surgical tape, 50 sets of acrylic nails, chain, spikes, beads, fake crystals tears, pleather, enamel, acrylic paint, spray paint, wax, gilded insects
2013
![The Ungrateful Looking Glass
[detail of floor]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/EVMTYeJCjmSD61nO.jpg)
Mirror, mannequin hands, surgical tape, 50 sets of acrylic nails, chain, spikes, beads, fake crystals tears, pleather, enamel, acrylic paint, spray paint, wax, gilded insects
2013
Mannequin arms, spray foam, acrylic nails, acrylic paint, fake jewels, jewelry, chains, found ribbon
2013
Mannequin arms, spray foam, acrylic nails, acrylic paint, fake jewels, jewelry, chains, found ribbon
2013
Mannequin arms, spray foam, acrylic nails, acrylic paint, fake jewels, jewelry, chains, found ribbon
2013
Mannequin arms, spray foam, acrylic nails, acrylic paint, fake jewels, jewelry, chains, found ribbon
2013
![Poodles x3
[detail]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/VLBdNd0KAhcNmaVS.jpg)
![Poodles x3
[detail]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/wAOxweaR0yopSFL1.jpg)
![Poodles x3
[detail]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/tZAb0jGnufV1__Oq.jpg)
![Poodles x3
[detail]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/kUJMAbiT0VPN6KLg.jpg)
![Poodles x3
[detail]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/bQKPOXuOIBQxIilJ.jpg)
![Poodles x3
[detail]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/zQC1C2YCxySe1032.jpg)
![Poodles x3
[detail of hands]](http://img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/3210/assets/Ex_uQD2Cv678BsUy.jpg)
