Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base at the Brooklyn Museum online
For solo show at Koplin Del Rio January 8, 2011
"Barbie has inspired art from the likes of Andy Warhol and Karl Lagerfeld, both of whom are lauded for their doll-themed works on the Barbie website. Painter Daena Title probably won’t be added to that list anytime soon. In her latest series, “Drown the Dolls,” Barbie is murdered at the hands of anonymous prepubescent girls…"
Daena Title is represented by the Koplin del Rio Gallery
Celebrities discuss "Drown the Dolls" and Barbie, press interviews and panel discussions, Artist statement
Daena Title, Beth Grant, Natalie Wilson, Marabina Jaimes, Elline Lipkin and Moderators Stephanie Hallett and Colette Brooks discuss "DROWN the DOLLS", Barbie, and Women's issues at Koplin Del RIo January 29, 2011 For full length version: http://vimeo.com/19708192
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Jay Firestone and Naomi Pfefferman post about "Drown the Dolls" on The Jewish Journal "Bloggish". January 2011
"At the recent opening of her exhibition, “Drown the Dolls,” at Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Culver City, Daena Title described the impetus for her paintings of sunken Barbies– who float in shimmering pools with their gold-manes streaming and vacant sex goddess faces unperturbed. “I’ve always been interested in images of women and how society reflects those images back at us,” Title said..."
"At the recent opening of her exhibition, “Drown the Dolls,” at Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Culver City, Daena Title described the impetus for her paintings of sunken Barbies– who float in shimmering pools with their gold-manes streaming and vacant sex goddess faces unperturbed. “I’ve always been interested in images of women and how society reflects those images back at us,” Title said..."
Patricia Ciaffa Peyser reviews "DROWN the DOLLS"
"Barbie's slight but potent form carries five decades of heavy cultural associations on its diminutive shoulders. In her riveting new body of work Drown the Dolls, Daena Title mines that iconic ground for fresh and provocative meaning..."
"Barbie's slight but potent form carries five decades of heavy cultural associations on its diminutive shoulders. In her riveting new body of work Drown the Dolls, Daena Title mines that iconic ground for fresh and provocative meaning..."
Follow the discussion at Ms. Magazine.
"To celebrate the opening of the show, and to start a dialogue on the impact of Barbie on real women’s lives, Title and Ms. are asking people everywhere to share their Barbie stories on video. We want to hear from you! Record a short video of your Barbie story–did you have Barbies when you were a kid? Did you want them if you didn’t have them? How did you feel about them then, how do you feel about them now?..."
"To celebrate the opening of the show, and to start a dialogue on the impact of Barbie on real women’s lives, Title and Ms. are asking people everywhere to share their Barbie stories on video. We want to hear from you! Record a short video of your Barbie story–did you have Barbies when you were a kid? Did you want them if you didn’t have them? How did you feel about them then, how do you feel about them now?..."
