Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Art installation - "De Rigueur" by Stefanie Girard - Winner of 1st Place Sculpture, BAA Fall show 2025 Betsy Lueke Gallery

 

 Stefanie Girard's art installation 

"De Rigueur" (required by etiquette or current fashion)  

Stefanie Girard art installation "De Rigueur" political art piece against gun violence

5 bullet proof vests - Thinker, Prayer, Vestment, Student, Malware
with accoutrements 
 
1st Place Winner, Sculture BAA Fall Show, Betsy Lueke Gallery, Burbank CA
The reception was on Halloween and we were encouraged to come in costume. 
 
I came representing one of the murdered cartoonists from the mass-murder event at the publication Charlie Hebdo office. 
 
Stefanie Girard art installation "De Rigueur" political art piece against gun violence

 Close-ups of the 5 bullet proof vests with machine embroidered words, "Thinker", "Prayer", "Vestment", "Student", and "Malware".
 
"Vestment" Bullet proof vest with the Play "God Of Carnage", A Rosary and Holy Water.
Stefanie Girard art installation "De Rigueur" political art piece against gun violence

 "Thinker" bullet proof vest with The US Constitution and an "I Voted" sticker.
Stefanie Girard art installation "De Rigueur" political art piece against gun violence

 "Prayer" Bullet proof vest art
Stefanie Girard art installation "De Rigueur" political art piece against gun violence
 and the book "A Spiritual Almanac for Wartime" along with a bible and mezuzah.
Art installation - "De Rigueur" by Stefanie Girard - Winner of 1st Place Sculpture, BAA Fall show 2025 Betsy Lueke Gallery

 
 "Malware" Bullet proof vest art
 
Stefanie Girard art installation "De Rigueur" political art piece against gun violence
Includes a "smart" phone and the book "Gods and Goddesses in Art and Legend"
Stefanie Girard art installation "De Rigueur" political art piece against gun violence

 And the "Student" bullet proof vest:
Stefanie Girard art installation "De Rigueur" political art piece against gun violence

 That includes a pen, a pencil with a Frank Lloyd Wright Quote, "Integrity is the first law of the spirit", a Burbank Library pencil and the the book "Contradictionary"

 And to see the video of the whole show : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDi7KuOBdRQ&t=13s