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My new work, "Cheeseburger," is a postmodernist mixed-media exploration of the American fast food icon. Comprising photographic images of a cheeseburger and fries placed atop a traditional American quilt, the work playfully deconstructs the notion of "comfort food" by juxtaposing the warm and familiar with the cold and mechanical. 
The work is ultimately a reflection on the bizarre and contradictory nature of American culture. On the one hand, we have this ideal of the all-American family sitting down to a dinner of home-cooked food; on the other hand, we have the reality of families grabbing a quick meal on the go from a fast food restaurant. "Cheeseburger" speaks to both of these realities, and in doing 
so, challenges us to reconsider our assumptions about what it means to be American. 