Archived Exhibition
Beverly Rayner | State of Worry
October 9 - November 8, 2008
Reception: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 3:00 - 5:00pm
Artist Biography

Beverly Rayner's inventive and eclectic photography based mixed-media objects give tangible form to the psychological wiring of the human mind.  Rayner observes and interprets everyday experiences through the lens of her art. 

In this new work Rayner explores how the eyes gather perceptions of the world and transmit them to the brain. She also interprets the implications of being surrounded by the omnipresent web of surveillance that is a fact of life in our current society.

Rayner uses any type of photographic materials that serves her purposes, including black and white prints, color prints, negatives, color transparencies, found photographs and x-rays.   These images are combined with everyday and unusual objects, culminating in the formation of hybrid creations.

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Compound Eye		 Genetic Coding Device Information gathering organism

Compound Eye, 2007
Photographs, lenses, metal, glass; 10" x 10" x 4.5"

Genetic Coding Device, 2005, Brass, stainless steel mesh, wood, photos, resin, paint, 14.5” x 29.5” x 2”
Information gathering organism, 2007, Photographs, glass lenses, jute webbing, plastic mesh, elastic cord, 20” x 5.5 ” x 34”
Memory Encapsulation Network #3 GOOGLE Earth Detection Spores
Memory Encapsulation Network #3, 2007, Photographs, rubber bulbs, rubberized rope, lenses, latex tubing, metal, 86.5” x 24.5” x 11.5”

G.O.O.G.L.E Earth (Global Observeillance Organism Gathers Limitless Exposures of Earth), 2007, Photographs, globe; 13 x 10.5 x 10.5"

Detection Spores, 2008, Wood, rubber, ceramic tubes, wire, epoxy, photographs; 59 x 50 x 9 ½"
Surveillance Apparatus crazy quilt Web of Surveillance

Surveillance Apparatus, Infiltration Network Cell, 2008, Plastic, wire, plastic mesh sleeves, glass lenses, photographs; 46 ½ x 100 x 13"

Homeland Insecurity Blanket (Crazy Quilt), 2008, Security envelopes, paper, digital prints, fabric; 84 x 55"

Web of Surveillance, 2008, Window, wood, paint, monofilament, photographs, glass lenses; 16 x 18 ½ x 3 ½"
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