Ginna Dowling

Detail image of the red peanuts "Poison" in the installation "The Battle" outside of Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery looking in. "The Battle" is a compilation of a variety of printmaking genres, primarily relief, serigraphy and a non-traditional natural integration of light, shadow and reflection.

A 20' x 22' Installation of printmaking that includes woodcut, relief, serigraphy, light and shadow

The Battle
Window shot from outside the gallery

A 20' x 22' print Installation primarily from woodcut, relief, serigraphy, light, shadow and reflection

The Battle
A Printmaking Installation about Peanut Allergies

A 17ft x 22ft printmaking Installation that includes woodcut, relief, serigraphy, light and shadow

detail of work in window

Detail of Insidious

Three 8ft x 4ft relief prints carved in PVC board. These peanut vines are printed on transparency and suspended in windows. This view is looking out of the gallery at night. Oil ink, transparency, light, shadow & reflections.

Detail of one of three 4'x8' relief prints in the installation "The Battle." This peanut vine is carved from PVC board on transparency, suspended over linocut vinyl peanuts on windows. It view is looking out of the gallery windows during mid-day.

Detail of "The Attack." From the installation "The Battle." Monotype, woodcut, transparency, transparent medium.

12ft x 6ft woodcut, monotype, light, shadow and reflection, suspended and layered in the installation "The Battle." Shadows and reflections became prints within the Installation as the daylight changed and natural light was utilized as an element of the installation.

Detail of "The Attack," one layered and suspended piece in the installation, "The Battle." Monotype, woodcut, paper, transparency, transparent medium, light & shadow 12ft x 6ft

Performative aspect of "Aegis" in the installation "The Battle"

Reflections and shadows of printed pieces "Insidious" and "Poison" cast on adjacent pieces and gallery floors in the installation "The Battle."

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Aegis - boy with crow Unnamed - crows relief printmaking

Aegis & Unnamed are pieces of the Installation "The Battle." Aegis (figure) is a 8'x4' relief print on transparency, suspended from the ceiling. Unnamed (crows) is a 30'x4' free-flowing relief print on transparency that runs a 20' span of one side of the installation.

detail of individual piece in the Battle

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Unnamed crows, or community members who kept my child safe with his peanut allergy and allergy attack

school desk, screenprint, stencil, carving, 450+ diaper and clorox wipes, pencils, paper, metal school box
This piece is in defiance of school treatment and lack of understanding and tolerance of peanut allergies and the resulting emotional turmoil. This represents a month's worth of hand and clorox wipes used for safety in one month during 1st and 2nd grade.

detail of carving and graffiti on school desk

Detail of Graffiti carved into desk

School desk, screenprint, stencil, carving, 450+ diaper and clorox wipes, pencils, paper, metal school box
This piece is in defiance of school treatment and lack of understanding and tolerance of peanut allergies and the resulting emotional turmoil. This represents a month's worth of hand and clorox wipes used for safety in one month during 1st and 2nd grade.

Detail of Screen Printed Wipes

450+ diaper and clorox wipes,
This piece is in defiance of school treatment and lack of understanding and tolerance of peanut allergies and the resulting emotional turmoil.

1/2 of a peanut - the smallest identifiable amount - suspended in an acrylic cube representing a safe exposure

detail with change of light reflections from the installation

With The Attack and Mortality in the background with The Battle reflections and shadows playing on it

With The Attack and Mortality in the background with The Battle reflections and shadows playing on it

representing packaged products of peanuts seen everywhere that are a constant reminder of mortality. Peanuts suspended in acrylic

representing packaged products of peanuts seen everywhere that are a constant reminder of mortality. Peanuts suspended in acrylic

representing packaged products of peanuts seen everywhere that are a constant reminder of mortality. Peanuts suspended in acrylic

Acrylic container with an epi-pen and breathing apparatus from ICU and the respirator in the hospital. All lifesavers.

Acrylic container with an epi-pen and breathing apparatus from ICU and the respirator in the hospital. All lifesavers.

A Red Cross "Save the Day" Hero award on a pedestal with the savior crow lino-cut print graffiti.

Detail of Unnamed

Examples of Polaroid snapshots taken of Named participants.

Two of the Named with Aegis

Examples of Polaroid snapshots taken of Named participants.

Polaroid Snapshots added to Exhibit as the 60 Named participants arrived.

Named, The Battle

T-shirt indicating peanut allergy - in the tradition of school field trip marking children belonging to a group

In the Process of Installing

Carving process

Screenprint legend of the products with peanuts typically found in schools