Untitled by Ciana Pullen

Untitled, by Ciana Pullen, 2013. Acrylic on paper.

This is from a series where I identified subtle visual ways in which the media portrays people by race and gender (limited to Black and White, male and female), and then "swapped" them for the race and gender of the imaginary subject. For instance, common poses, lighting, background colors, angles, and mood.

Yelling, by Ciana Pullen

Yelling, by Ciana Pullen, 2000. India ink, drawn from a photograph of an orchestra conductor and a photo of Katharine Hepburn.

Seated Woman, by Ciana Pullen

Seated Woman, by Ciana Pullen. Sketched from life, chalk pastel, 2010.