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<body> <h1> | donnacleary.net</h1> <h2>donnacleary.net</h2> <div>Donna Cleary: The idolatry and taboo surrounding the female body drives the creation of these installations and portraits.</div> <span class="links"><a href="index.html" target="_top"><font color="#cccccc">home page</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><strong><a href="portfolio.html" target="_top"><font color="#ffffff">artwork</font></a></strong></span>   <span class="links"><a href="content.html?page=2" target="_top"><font color="#cccccc">statement</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="content.html?page=4" target="_top"><font color="#cccccc">artist bio</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="content.html?page=5" target="_top"><font color="#cccccc">news release</font></a></span> <div> <p> </p>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: Georgia; ">As much about what is included as not, these images explore modern relationships. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: Georgia; ">Contemporary communication plays havoc with the notion of identity and intimacy. Dispatched in an increasingly digitalized world, communication is instantaneous, fragmented, illusory and often anonymous.  It is free of the body language and interpersonal engagement present in these images.  </span></span></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: Georgia; ">While celebrating the classic techniques of cross-hatching and sumi ink painting, these images live in the present. United with contemporary issues and technology, they remind us that despite the frantic pace of technologic discovery, some things transcend time. </span></span></span></p>  <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">    <img width="200" height="224" alt="" src="/users/DonnaCleary2283/Image//meblackshirtcr.jpg" /></span></span></p><div> </body>