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graph paper, polyvinyl acetate, petroleum jelly, dirt
24x48x30 in
2025
Encountering Air Pockets
switch boxes, bungee cords, petroleum jelly
18x6x6 in
2025
Becca Dugas assembles sculptural hybrids of industrial objects that study the unconscious relationship between individuals and everyday designed objects. Her process begins with sourcing discarded objects (such as car parts, appliances, tools, and toys) by hand from streets and junk yards. In the studio, these found objects are dismantled. Hardware removed, parts separated, pieces broken and bent, until everyday objects are reduced to a supply of nameless forms and contours. Her sculptures, dirty and scrappy, are assembled by combining materials into structures and iterating the nameless forms using cast paper.
Based in discarded material, the work acts as a visual index of past use animated by grease and stains. Through reconfiguring familiar forms that communicate function and purpose, the work challenges the intuitive expectations placed upon objects while revealing their interiority. As 21st century living is abundant with design and technology, Becca questions the physical neutrality of designed objects and structures. She questions how shape, texture, volume, and weight become instruction. Her work urges viewers to intuit and relate to the uncanny forms, to sense the familiar shapes and scales as they encounter the indeterminate assemblies.
Becca Dugas is an artist and architectural designer based in New York. She received her BS Architecture from the University of Cincinnati and is an MFA Fine Arts candidate at Parsons School of Design. Her work has been shown locally in Cincinnati and New York. She is currently a Teaching Assistant and Web Content Manager at Parsons alongside her studies. Becca has held numerous professional positions in design and curation, including Curatorial Intern of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA and Professional Intern for CD+M Lighting Design Group in Atlanta, GA.