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Guatemala
2010 Biennial of the Americas
July - August 2010
Gallery 420: 420 Downing Street - Denver
overview
Starting with stone lithographs of lush forest,
these mixed media works on paper were truck-tracked with fresh
tar, then torn into small squares. They serve as a foundation
that speaks to the situation imposed on the Maya: pushed off
their land and treated like slaves on plantation style agricultural
production facilities owned by multinational corporations.
They fill US demands for cheap commodities which comes at
a severe cost to both people and the environment. The texture
of tar is an echo of the continuing destructive influence
of these corporations. Tar is made from oil which also makes
up the petrochemicals used in the style of agriculture that
is decimating the environment.
Somehow, Mayan culture is not decimated. They maintain an
incredible dedication to tradition, working in harmony with
the environment. Ancient customs are manifested through the
colorful and intricate weavings which are worn with pride.
These portraits are of Mayan women from the highlands market
in Chichicastenango. Exploring a wide range of human emotion
from being weary and hurt to looking forward with hope, the
vignettes are intended to explore the breadth and range of
emotional textures in this community.
right: espera - tar, sharpie, watercolor
& pencil over torn lithograph |


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Texas
National
Invited by Judy Pfaff
April 10 - May 23, 2010
The Cole Art Center
329 East Main Street, Nacogdoches, TX
right: Bleed - Oil & Sharpie on shotgunned
plywood |
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Art
& Agriculture
Columbia Center for the Arts
Hood River, OR
May 7-30
right: Rain - Oil Refinery, Commerce City
- watercolor, oil & conte on unstretched canvas |
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Security
Curated by Stephanie Ellis and Serena Wellen
Reception: March 13, 7-10pm
Exhibition: March 10 - March 27 Security means simply,
the provision of safety. Se-curity is related to the oldest
meaning of curate: to care for souls. Today the business of
security is a global and corporate phenomenon. The primary
agenda is the production of fear; the ideal consumer is immobilized
by dread. Security, the exhibition, addresses this pivot between
asylum and alarm. How we define security for our communities
and the world, will determine how we get there and where we
arrive.
Vrnda - mother of a Combat
Medic in Iraq
ROOT
DIVISION
3175 17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Right: Vrnda, Mother of a Combat Medic
stationed in Iraq - detail: pencil, blood, shotgunned collage
& raw silk collage that has been burnt by coals. 2008 |
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Release
Inspired by releasing baby sea turtles in Guatemala, a series
of paintings reflecting the life cycle and environmental threats
to turtles are currently being developed.
Join
the Scurry
Help me support the hatching and release of
endangered sea turtles through ARCAS Guatemala |
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Reap
The Environmental Unsustainability of the
American Food Machine
Exhibition Overview
Interview with
Andrew Silvertein,
Universtiy of South Florida
Bitter
but beautiful Harvest
Lee Lee's stark style captures anger and elegance
among environmental degradation.
by Lennie Bennett, St Petersburg Times
C Emerson Fine Arts, St Petersburg
FL - 10-11.2009
right: Rain - Oil Refinery, detail - 2009 |

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CALYX
Publication in Vol. 25, no. 1, Winter 2009
issue of CALYX, A Journal of Art &
Literature by Women
- Collapsed Home in Vares, Bosnia (imaged right)
- Angkor Shrine, Cambodia
- Confined Shrine, Myanmar
Myanmar
Depicting Buddhist shrines in Myanmar which
are kept locked in steel cages as a reflection of the severity
of the current regime.
Series of multi media works on paper developed
at the Ragdale Foundation, 2.08
confined shrine
right: Myanmar - confined shrine - xerograph
& watercolor on collage, 2008 |


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