EDWARD STEFFANNI
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Lifting the Bucket 

2017-2018
​Lifting the Bucket is a collection of paintings, performances, and prints engaging with themes of spirituality, sexuality, and emptiness within the context of everyday spaces. The title is taken from a chapter of the same name from Saint Teresa of Avila’s Book of My Life. This phrase is in reference to
her writings about prayer. According to her, prayer exists in four stages, with the first involving meditational rigor in order to receive spiritual blessings. In the same way, my work involves the time intensive examination of the mundane in order to uncover the sacredness hidden within. I invite the viewer to contemplate these subjects beyond their utilitarian function and—perhaps—see something sacred within them.
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A Recently Washed Table. Oil on canvas. 42 x 60 ". 2017

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Dead Raccoon
Etching and aquatint
16 x 24 in
2017
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Vending Machine
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Etching and aquatint
18 x 20 in
2018
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Church Interior with Fan
Etching and aquatint
18 x 24 in
2017

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A Study for Innocence. Etching and aquatint on Kool-Aid dyed paper. 15 x 19 in. 2017
Baptism into death/The Colonel serves to the Twelve Tribes
Run time: 50 minutes
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Diptych of Bolonga and Cheese. Etching and Aquatint. 22 X 26 in (framed). 2017
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