Loser's Exodus

Becky Entrican's body of work titled "Loser's Exodus" is an exploration of identity, memory, and legacy. This series includes dozens of objects and symbols in bright colors painted over the artist's portraits and large-scale painted cutouts of objects that Entrican collects, such as care bears and other stuffed animals. All of the imagery in Entrican's work holds specific stories of her life as well as speaks to the general phase she is in as a twenty-something in the post-college world and the feeling of exile that accompanies this experience.

Entrican considers her work a visual diary. Painting is a way for her to reflect on recent events in her life and create meaning and a new story out of her personal experiences.

Entrican considers the importance of objects and how our society relates to them– from the artifacts on display in museums to our collective materialistic mentalities to the possessions we pass along in families. "I think a lot about family heirlooms and passing objects down through generations," says Entrican. "The original owner has emotional ties, but every subsequent owner creates new memories with the object." 

Two questions that drive Entrican's work are: What determines an object's importance? What will the objects be from our time? 

"I want people to think about their possessions and the memories they tie to those," says Entrican. "Painting objects makes me think about how materialistic our society is– So assigning a higher meaning helps me value things when we live in a disposable world. How can things in our life have more importance?" "Loser's Exodus” explores these questions and makes the viewer consider their associations with the depicted objects and reflect on how we attach meaning to the things surrounding us.

The show can be viewed anytime in the Harrison Gallery through the month of January: Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The works can also be viewed and purchased on our online gallery through January.