Crystala Armagost

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Contact Information

E-mail: crystala_13@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.crystalaart.com

Artist Statement

My work is driven by the concepts of pop culture and memory. The two concepts combined create a personal response to objects, which is can be singular or socially familiar. Pop culture forms strong social links, and creates the base for historic context, social norms, class-consciousness, and stereotypes - in essence, it forms identity. The use of pop culture and historical references in my work provides that crucial link between object and issues, which then allows a dialogue to occur. The quaintness that pop culture nostalgia evokes opens the passage to political and social discussion through comfort and familiarity for those who share that memory. When those nostalgic memories are not shared people feel the need to communicate their memories in order to share that piece of their identity that the object has created.