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Artist Statement:
Summer 2009 Venezia- I am
exploring movement. This is a
play on words of "women's
movement". I examine legs as a
symbol of women moving forward
to a goal. Legs can dance,
walk, take steps (physical and
mental); legs move in space. I
am using mixed media (fabrics,
canvas, paper, paints). The
body of work is title "La
Gambe che Supports" (the leg
which supports). My series of
fourteen works shows legs not
interacting with any artifacts
which would describe place,
home or activity, besides
movement. I sue color and
texture to show variations and
emotions within the legs.
Another level of complexity
for my artwork is site
specific: Venice is fragile.
Venice is a pedestrian city.
Everyone walks, moves on
fragile land. Workers commute
to the lagoon, even the
indigent and street vendors
commute to select places to
interact with the tourists.
Since the ground is uneven
here, one must pay attention
to stones, concrete and the
elements which make up our
pedestrian surface. One must
also pay attention to our
support, our legs. Legs have
expression, perhaps not as
refined as hands and arms, and
one can red expressions in
legs. My subjects, women, walk
through unifying ...
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Artist Galleries:
Lois Stavsky, NY, NY, Curator
East Shore Gallery, Bellevue,
WA
Temple B'nai Torah Art Hallway
Kirkland Art Center
Tree of Life Bookstore,
Bellevue, WA...
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Artist Reviews:
Following the enthusiastic
response to Breaking
Boundaries: Graffiti and
Graf-Inspired Artwork,
Sunshine Factory is delighted
to present Breaking
Boundaries: Part II, more
graffiti and graf-inspired
artwork by a dynamic mix of
over a dozen artists crossing
cultures, traditions and
genres.
Since Normal Mailer penned The
Faith of Graffiti ...
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Collections:
Private
Argentina
Private
St. Louis, Missouri
Private
Cary, North Carolina
Private
Great Falls, Virginia
Private
Woodinville, WA
Private
Bellevue, WA
Private
Seattle, WA
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Commissions:
Mills College, Oakland, Ca
T shirts for production Vagina
Monologues, March 2009
fundraising for Democracy of
the Congo
& Women against Rape, San
Francisco
The Vagina Monologues
production of Women of Reform
Judaism , February 2007
Image for screen and playbill
Community healing project
Fabric Healing Wall
Seattle, WA
Created in response ...
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Exhibitions for Daya Bonnie Astor:
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Snap to Grid
Artists' Reception: Thursday November 12, 7-9pm
(in conjunction with Downtown Artwalk)
Every year for over 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its "Open Call" exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery. The hundreds of works are displayed in a grid like installation (reminiscent of postcard art shows of the 1980's) where every work submitted is exhibited.
The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the precious few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone gets to participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge. The show represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to the "mobblogers" around the globe. From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of "Snap to Grid" becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.
Los Angeles Center For Digital Art
107 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
http://www.lacda.com
IUAV-Tolentini
San Croce, Venezia
Works by NYU Masters Degree Students
August 2009
Animfest 2009
Athens, Greece
Women Dance, one minute stop/action animation
International screening April 2, 2009
Einstein on Witherspoon Street
Bronfman Gallery, NYU
Opening March 26, 2009
works
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia, IT
August 22, 2008
Clash of the Artists 2009
Art for Progress, NYC, March 2009
YouTube 2008
youtube.com/watch?v=oMgryVJRz1U
Sticks + Stones
Sunshine Factory Cafe and Gallery
11 Essex Street
New York, NY
"Breaking Boundaries: Part II"
Monotypes
October 14, 2004 through January 2005
East Shore Gallery
Bellevue, WA
"Four C's: Computers, Cartoons, Caricatures, and Calligraphy"
March 19-April 23, 2006
New York University Bronfman Center Gallery
NY, NY
"Beyond Graffiti: Fresh Visions from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and New York City:
March-May 2006
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