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Acrylic Collages Using Real Dresses Click on any picture below to see it larger. Artist's comments appear at the bottom of the page. Topsy-Turvy Tea Party, 48" x 60", $2200 She Accepts, 60" X 48", $1800 Opening Act, 50" X 62", $1800 Curtain Call, 60" X 48", $1800 One Last Twirl, 48" X 60", $1800 Belle of the Ball, 72" X 54", $2500 Day Dream, 54" X 72" Collection of Wilma Asreal I am curious about the nature of a dress as a significant object of personal emotion and identification. The use of the dress is more thatn symbolic for the female experience. I am particularly suspicious of gender stereotypes and the social conditioning attached to clothing. I use real dresses and tablecloths dipped into gesso and then polychromed. The dress series represents an intuitive investigation and play into issues of feminine gender identification and the physical materialization of the female experience. Louie Laskowski Studio P.O. Box 428 307 Railroad Street Brookston, IN 47923 (765) 563-6577 E-mail: louie@dcwi.com LOUIE LASKOWSKI is an Indiana Arts Commission Fellowship Recipient All artwork and code Copyright © 2005 Louie Laskowski No part of this document may be copied or used without express written permission of the artist.