2017
“Objects for an artificial space” brings objects and ideas from Filipino-american cultural and religious rituals to the ever-growing spaces of the religiously unaffiliated, called “nones”. Decontextualized, remixed, and fragile, these objects and ideas negotiate cultural hybridity.
Emperatrix (installation view, SVA MFA Fine Arts Open Studios, Spring 2017), 2017, lace fabric, wire, metal chair legs, bandage wrap. Approx. 79” x 40” x 20”
Dandelions, 2017-2018, plastic bags, wire. Dimensions variable, each approx. 10-20” in height
Dandelions (installation view, SVA MFA Fine Arts Open Studios, Spring 2017), 2017-2018, plastic bags, wire. Dimensions variable
Lola Queen Supreme (detail, installation view, SVA MFA Open Studios, Spring 2017), 2017 chair frame, fabric, tinsel, plastic ti leaves, styrofoam, comb, wire, wood blocks approx. 46” x 14” x 21”
Lola Queen Supreme (installation view, SVA MFA Fine Arts Open Studios, Spring 2017), 2017 chair frame, fabric, tinsel, plastic ti leaves, styrofoam, comb, wire, wood blocks approx. 46” x 14” x 21”
Dandelions (installation view, Lexington Ave, New York, NY. 2018), 2017-2018, plastic bags, wire. Dimensions variable, each approx. 10-20” in height
I Don’t Know Where I am Sometimes (installation view, SVA MFA Fine Arts Open Studios, Spring 2017), 2017, plastic lei, wire, tinsel, monofilament. Approx. 18” x 9” x 2”
Emperatrix, 2017, lace fabric, wire, metal chair legs, bandage wrap. Approx. 79” x 40” x 20”
Scepter of Domesticity for Wielding Power from Within the Home, 2017, wooden table leg, carpet sample, approx. 20” x 3” x 3”
I Don’t Know Where I am Sometimes, 2017, plastic lei, wire, tinsel, monofilament. Approx. 18” x 9” x 2”
Lola Queen Supreme (detail), 2017, chair frame, fabric, tinsel, plastic ti leaves, Styrofoam, comb, wire, wood blocks. Approx. 46” x 14” x 21”
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