{"id":78,"date":"2008-06-28T10:37:20","date_gmt":"2008-06-28T17:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fattmelon.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2020-12-30T05:58:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:58:22","slug":"passageway-to-the-magic-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fattmelon.com\/?p=78","title":{"rendered":"Dumpster Dreams Exhibition, Canvas Monkey, Charlotte, NC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fattmelon.com\/wp-content\/themes\/default\/images\/101.jpg\" alt=\"Passageway To The Magic Place\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This assemblage, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Passageway To The Magic Place\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is indicative of the messages in  my\u00c2\u00a0 2008 body of work titled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dumpster Dreams\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. The images speak about the diverse parts of life, the outrageous and colorful outer aspects contrasted with the vulnerable, softer places hidden inside. Painted images of Wisteria and Parsley flowers are combined on discarded wood furniture patterns found in a furniture factory dumpster near my home. 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