Beautiful Dummies

In my “Beautiful Dummy” series, the art dummy serves as a double metaphor. First the name “dummy” refers to the fact that we are really kind of “dumb”. We all have barriers and gaps in our knowledge, learning, and skills. In naming the dummy “beautiful”, I am pointing to the fact that we also have talents and strengths. So my goal with this series is to create dummies that move through life. But as they move, they have to confront people and institutions that act as silos of knowledge. Some of the silos can’t be scaled but we can walk around and leave them behind and create something beautiful for ourselves. This is the conflict we perpetually confront as dummies.