Myra B. Greene
University of New Mexico

Myra Green’s current body of work, The Beautiful Ones–photographs of both pop-star icons and the artist’s family–have been physically worked over to mutate their origins. By manipulating the images through numerous processes, she eliminates the space between icons of fame and family. This handling of the image creates a monotone world, which encompasses the individuals. Information is sometimes difficult to understand, and figures fade into a world of color. Identities are lost, while fashion, postures and attitudes sit on the surface of the image. These images are a physical representation of how the artist has learned about beauty, and how memory intervenes with the understanding and interpretation of that message.