Lizzie Charboneau: Revised Artist Statement

I feel like the people of my generation are in between two ages, one before the boom of corporations and technology, and one that is purely run by technology and large corporations. When attempting to create art that is new and provoking without being overly exposed, I look to society to find something that drives our current community, and I found that it all came back to an underlying of corporation based entertainment or mental service. I then decided to put this into some of my work, which I like to call, “Corrupted Corporate.”

In this line of work, I am taking well known large corporate symbols and altering them to represent the real, mostly denied result of the use or the effects of the product. I like to find the ultimate extreme result of the product or corporations have on our society. Since our society is so focused on the next hip new thing, and these things tend to be not so good for our health; both mental and physical, I like to build large replicas of these iconic symbols with subtle, yet recognizable differences to the iconic image to allow the viewer to find the hidden results that come out of the overuse and the takeover of large corporations, and allow them to find their own connection to the product being represented.