Diane Bush
"Skin Deep", 2011
C-print photograph, bleach
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Collection
Gift of the artist, in honor of victims of acid attacks
2017.29.001

Item Description:
An abstract image composed of wavy vertical lines of various colors. Thin, white streaks stream down across the surface, branching and coming together like raindrops running down a window. Besides these white streaks, the majority of the lines are red or yellow.

Las Vegas-based photographer, mixed media artist, and grassroots activist Diane Bush reflects—often satirically—on aspects of contemporary life, working to connect the concerns of art to problems of society and politics. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally, including shows at The Photographers Gallery, London, U.K.; the Soho Photo Gallery, NY; Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, CA; and the AlbrightKnox Art Gallery, NY. Her work is included in collections at the Tate Modern, U.K.; Helmut Gernscheim, Germany; and the Cirque du Soleil art collection in Montreal, Canada. Her monograph WARHEADS was published by KUDA editions in 2005.

By obliterating pictures of politicians with bleach, Diane Bush speaks to other forms of public silencing and erasure, from the censorship that took place during the Iraq war to the defacement of women in acid attacks.