Author Archives: jolanta
Embodiment Series – Emmett Ramstad
Four years ago I started making prints in response to the murder of a transgendered woman, Gwen Arajo, as well as the murders of other transgenders historically. At the time, I was thinking a lot about body fragmentation—the way gender and sex are constructed, and how body parts and certain behaviors can “give away” transgenders, […]
Graciela Cassel- Christine Kennedy
Argentinian native Graciela Cassel’s latest work soars in Miami; her exhibition at the Women’s History Gallery at the Women’s Park gets off the ground with a series of works that dramatize in a powerful way Cassel’s interior dialogue on the intersections of space, place, time, memory, culture and history. Graciela Cassel – Christine Kennedy […]
William Holton
In my current work I introduce a repetitive element into an environment that has been randomly found on the surface of the work. William Holton In my current work I introduce a repetitive element into an environment that has been randomly found on the surface of the work. Formal elements such as mark, color, and […]
Rafael Santiago, Jr.
Like most effeminate boys, I was mocked constantly in school. For me, the torment began in the third grade when I started to hear, again and again, that I was a “girly-girl.” Every year after that it got worse, but, because I was ashamed, I waited until middle school before I asked an adult to […]
Machismo and Sensitivity – Chris Habana
I've always believed in duality. You can't notice the dark without feeling the light, masculinity isn't interesting unless it's balanced by femininity, the good is boring unless you have the…well, you get the picture. Not only is this represented within my images, but by the very genre of work that I create. First, I am […]
Arunas Kulikauskas
I don’t know what art or life is anymore, but it is interesting. Just do it. Arunas Kulikauskas I don’t know what art or life is anymore, but it is interesting. Just do it. Arunas Kulikauskas
Fukuko Harris
Most of my work is based on observation. I feel that my perspectives separate themselves from reality… Fukuko Harris Most of my work is based on observation. I feel that my perspectives separate themselves from reality, and some may be more recognizable than others. After carefully studying objects, I begin drawing interpretations. Arranging the […]
Rene Lynch and Julian Jackson – Artist2Artist – Leah Oates
LO: Please explain your works. Rene Lynch: My oil paintings and watercolors reflect my interest in the manipulations of desire and the desirability inherent in the age of adolescence, the moment of balance between innocence and experience. That powerful and vulnerable stage of life full of sexual and intellectual yearning, when a child begins to […]
Bionic Pop Vision – Leah Oates
Leah Oates: Please explain your work. Heidi Cody: I needle consumer culture by lifting and subverting design elements from product packaging and corporate logos. So far it’s been signs, sculpture, painting, prints and drawing. My work shows how visual information is transmitted from corporation to consumer, and how it makes recognition a conscious act on […]
In Flux in Williamsburg Artist2Artist – Milton Fletcher
Milton Fletcher: What do you do creatively in Williamsburg and what does this area mean to you? Jaclyn Moynahan: I am a dancer, choreographer, arts administrator and producer. I am now pursuing an M.S. in Urban Policy. Williamsburg is a place that has seen a lot of change. Artists try to live and work here, […]
