2012 Benefit Auction: Headlands at 30

Fay Ray

Untitled, 2012

Paper & archival ATG tape

24 x 19 in.

Courtesy of the artist

Retail Value: $3,200

Fay Ray uses imagery culled from fashion and lifestyle magazines to create densely composed, collaged images that reference femininity in its various interpretations.  Shoes, diamonds, watches, jewelry, lips, eyes, and other body parts are converted into a photo collage that takes on the function of an object itself while attempting to negotiate the representation of other luxury commodities. In this recent series of works Fay Ray includes imagery of Meso-American, hand-made vessels and statuary. Ray’s work is influenced by both Los Angeles and New York, having studied at Otis College of Art and Design as well as Columbia University.  She has exhibited in both Los Angeles and New York at spaces including Exit Art, LA><ART, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, and the Luckman Fine Arts Complex. Fay Ray lives and works in Los Angeles.