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Artist Exhibitions:
Exhibitions
- Art for AIDS Auction 2010 -
San Francisco, CA - Reception
and live auction: September
24, 2010
- “Arcana scort” show, City
Art Gallery, San Francisco
(CA) August 2010.
- “Portraits” show
(individual), La Victoria
Bakery, San Francisco (CA),
June-July 2010
-"Passion" show, City Art
Gallery, San Francisco (CA),
June 2010
-"Lush" ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
MissionLocal.org - VIDEO: Meet
the Young Women Who Make
Murals / By: Justin Vaughn
Halliwill - August 1, 2010
(The article was published
also a SFWeekly)
Damione.com - Interview on the
site of a new mural with
Ytaelena Lopez - July 18th,
2010
San Francisco Chronicle/ SF
Gates 06/03/2010 Interview
about ...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Statement for Ytaelena Lopez
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My work uses science and mass media as metaphor for our emotions about the inner chaos of our world. I aim to reflect the isolation of those who may be ignored or shy but still want to be seen. The beauty is there, waiting for be discovered, but we can not see it because we can not shed our prejudices.
I see life as a big playground. My journalistic background allows me to explore even the most obnoxious situations and discover an untold history or astonishing image. Sometimes I get my epiphanies from the kitsch, because that’s where the wisdom of the street is; in the garbage. That is why I feel attracted to conceptual ambiguities, aesthetic paradoxes and dark irony.
My work is feminine, but not necessary glamorous. It is something raw, mischievous but kind... sardonic laughter and a bit of smeared lipstick. Through that glass I explore topics like biology, science, ecology and social landscaping of consumption symbols, violence and prejudices. The use of erotic pics and car crashes in the Accidental Erotica series evokes both a visceral response and emotional dissonance.
The images of science in my artwork comes from the relation that I have with my own body. Long ago I got sick from stress. That made me wonder about the relation between emotions, human biology and environment. Art allowed me to see my body as a “being” -with autonomy- with whom I must live. I like to call that the ecology of the human biological process.
I humanize abstract topics to allow the public to become more involved with his environment and them- selves, using their imagination. That is the direction I want to take: push the boundaries of the perception of our own bodies and their influence in our social relations and our own emotions and fears.
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