What's Inside Matters: A Commentary on Content and Purpose
Jan 2024
by
@StefanieLGirard
The grenade, whose sole purpose is to break things apart, is now transformed into
a container filled with the most ironic things that could possibly be in one.
What if we could transform more negatives into positives?
-Ceramic frog beads made and donated by Tim Meikle
-Shark teeth collected by Cathryn Girard
-Ceramic sunflower seeds by Ai Weiwei
-White baby figurines by Lisa Kettell
-Denture teeth and burgers donated by Tim Meikle
-Used Spray Paint tips donated by Dave Lowe
-Silver buttons from my Dad’s military uniform
-Denture teeth samples donated by my Buy Nothing Burbank group member Jean Schanberger
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To See a video featuring close-ups of what's inside:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBtkMYfKkFc&t=25sIf you have a suggestion for something ironic to put in a grenade please send it to me
at Instagram/Facebook @StefanieLGirard or email at YPinkScissors@gmail.com
If you would like to donate tiny ironic things to put in a grenade they would be welcome
as well as I plan to grow this installation.
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51% Marys in Mortal Combat: Together we fight for our rights
-Porcelain figures of Mary each stamped with 51% and uniquely glazed
By @StefanieLGirard
-Women make up 51% of the population yet are not represented in the same percentage in places of power.
We are all unique but together we can make change.
-Price $36.51 each
-The price represents the 36 states that it took to ratify the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.
Let’s use that right ladies!
-Percentages of the sales go to the Betsy Lueke Creative Art Center, Art Organizations and Activism.
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Featuring "Doily Pusher" and "Pearl-Clutcher"
"Women's Work" 2023
A real target that's been shot and then stitched back together.
"Pearl-Clutcher" Painting in the -Stand Against Hate Art Show at the Geo Gallery 2022
"Have you tried turning it off and back on again?" painted on a found print recycled canvas left as is.
2022 BAA Fall art show- "Best in Show"
"Pearl-Clutcher" Mixed-media art by Stefanie Girard at the Southern California Women's Caucus for Art show 2022. SCWCA
This is a collection of art and art installations by Stefanie Girard.
"You Can't Make Me" Super-Size embroidery and silk flower mixed-media.
Exhibited at the Fine Arts Federation show March 2022
"Welcome" to America - Mixed-media
" I Dissent" Art Chair
RBG Tribute installation
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"Baby's First Drug Alphabet Book" 26 watercolors featuring real drug names that begin with the letters of the alphabet along with installation elements.
"Cure Bear"
Art Candy Machine art tree and Micro Art Candy Machine at the Neutra Gallery
"I'll Cut You"
"Thoughts and Prayers" Rosary made of 61 recycled used gun triggers.
"Doily Pusher"
"Try Me"
"Make Me"
"Tactical Tomato"
"Moving Blocks" Machine embroidered fabric covered blocks. Words and phrases ironically combined with images on a variety of fabrics. The blocks are then arranged in overall dynamic shapes and configurations.
"Moving Blocks"
"Moving Blocks"
"Moving Blocks" close up
"Alternative Facts" 50 small acrylic paintings with the word "fact" incorporated with the image.
"7 Deadly Sins" in Latin machine embroidered toile fabric.
"Spark This" words painted on recycled found print.
"Silence is Better Than Bullsh*t"
"Write Me"
"Scissors and 2 bunnies"
"Because I said so"
"Cage the Animal"
"...Like a Boss"
Retrospective exhibit of eco-art at the Glendale Central Library
"The Writing is on the Wall;45" found words on 45 bricks stacked in a single column pointing out the stupidity of "the wall"
"The writing is on the wall....paper."
"Pill Paintings"
"Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt" winner "Best in Show" GAA
"Not everything is Black and White" Braille Pom poms
"Paper and Bunny"
"They taught you how to write, don't let them take that right away"
"Breathe Up"
"Killing It"
"Fine"
bG Gallery Slivers show - 1 column of embroidered word blocks and 1 column of "Alternative Facts"
"Between a Rock and a Hard Place" Interactive mirror
"Don't Be Racist" Acrylic and Glitter
