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About Rachel

Rachel Borenstein is a recent graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she studied drawing. Her work explores the intersections between scale, power, time, distance, memory and identity
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Drawings

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    Graphite and mixed media, 9 x 6 in. 2010
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    borensteinr_13.jpg
    Graphite and mixed media, 11 x 6 in. 2010
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    borensteinr_14.jpg
    Graphite and mixed media, 9 x 5 in. 2010
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    • Recent Works

    In this series of work I was interested in the sculptural properties of layered paper. I used xeroxed images to create physical depth and dimension.
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      thickman7.jpg
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    • Canyon
      Canyon
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 3 x 3 in.
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      -9.jpg
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    • Glitch
      Glitch
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 2.5 x 3 in.
    • Well
      Well
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 3 x 3.5 in.
    • Quarry
      Quarry
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 2.75 x 3.5 in.
    • Narcissus
      Narcissus
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 2.5 x 3.5 in.
    • Evacuation
      Evacuation
      Xeroxed Photographs and Mixed Media, 3 x 3.5 in.
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    • Older Works

    This series of work examines the ideas of time, distance, memory and identity through the vehicle of portraiture. The same image is continually layered on top of itself and then strategically torn away until a new image begins to come into focus. Each piece investigates the tension between stillness and motion. Forms crash into one another, diving and careening back into space, compressing and expanding, repeating and becoming obliterated.
    • Glow (Mouth)
      Glow (Mouth)
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer with back light, 4.5 x 3 in. 2010
    • Glow (Ear)
      Glow (Ear)
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer with back light, 4.5 x 3 in. 2010
    • Glow
      Glow
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer with back light, 4.5 x 3 in. 2010
    • Heat
      Heat
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 4.5 x 3 in. 2010
    • Spectator
      Spectator
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 4.5 x 3 in. 2010
    • Pile Up
      Pile Up
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 4.5 x 3 in. 2010
    • Distraction
      Distraction
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 4 x 3.5 in. 2010
    • Event
      Event
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 4 x 2.5 in. 2010
    • Terminal Velocity (Detail)
      Terminal Velocity (Detail)
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 38 x 31 in. 2010
    • Terminal Velocity
      Terminal Velocity
      Xeroxed Photographs and Acrylic Polymer, 38 x 31 in. 2010
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