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Valerie Macewan Biography:
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Age
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54
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
Deist |
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| Education |
Post Graduate Work |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
ephemera, gardens, dogs, leather furniture |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Assemblage
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Dadaism - (1916 - 1924)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst
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| Favorite Work of Art |
The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
I'm thinking on that one, it may take a while to create a solid reference. Inspirational moments are fleeting, hard to capture -- Rust inspires, old bricks, wood floors |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Writing began to tire me, I lost concentration and could not complete an assignment because life around me became so fragmented. I began to assemble the parts which made me whole. It turned into art.
In the South [US], the confounding struggle between reality and illusion creates tremendous opportunities for artists. Valerie MacEwan travels the South in a concerted effort to learn about the Struggle. Seeking to separate southern reality from fiction, her research takes her to pig pickins, funerals, tent revivals, the Family Dollar Store, swamp festivals and mudruns. The truth, as she sees it, is revealed in her assemblages, writing and her photography. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
What is significant in one's past, what constitutes biographical significance?
I was born Illinois, raised in Arkansas, and now reside in North Carolina.
Education: University of Arkansas, University of South Carolina, Emerson College, East Carolina University and others culminating in graduate work in American History with an honors undergraduate degree in History with minors in English and Political Science. Currently, I reside with one husband, Robert, 2 Jack Russell Terriers, a mixed-breed large Mothra-size puppy, one aged feline, and numerous grandchildren, neighbors, stray cats and others wander the halls of our 100 year old home.
I collect the past and turn it into art.
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