Indoor Installations (575)

Artists Describing Their Art:

Hailey Lowe - My sculptures and installation work focuses on the hidden secrets in our cultural history, as well as our personal concealments today. What makes something worth hiding? Inspired by the notion that our social setting often defines what we consider to be right or wrong, I make work that emphasizes and questions the cultural and social differences we are confronted with today. By reviewing the histories that inform our decisions today, and understanding cultural and social differences, we are better able to make decisions about what we consider taboo and where we place our values....

Sandra Ramos - For me, making art is a way of communication with all human being and with the future. Through my work I try to express my relation with the political and social contemporary context worldwide. My work is also a reflection about the specific reality of my country. One of the main subjects on my work is the relationship between personal freedom and political power. Thus trough my work I try to make a daily recovery of and individual and social memory tied to everyday overcoming of economical and social uncertainties. My work is highly relating whit the lost utopian feelings and frustration of the socialism-emancipating ideal, which are states of minds very characteristics of the actual Cuban society. I use diversity medias, according to the variety of significance of each work. I have made a lot of etchings prints, using my self-portrait and a XIX century print trying to create a character similar to Alice in Wonderland. This girl has the function of commenting the resent history of my country through popular stories pointed out by texts. In this series I also incorporate classical characters taken from the popular political Cuban caricature, which are symbols of Cuban people ...