Gross Domestic Product #1
Gross Domestic Product #2
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Completed Work April, 2014
Two layered and stitched textile pieces:
Female, 41 x 17"
Male, 41 x 17"
A three-dimensional fused fabric piece:
Layers of Self, 20 x 11 x 11"
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Exhibition: "Labor-Migrant-Gulf" at Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
Three of my small framed pieces from last semester were included in this exhibition curated by my semester two mentor, Doris Bittar.
"Labor Migrant Gulf" explores migrant workers struggles throughout the world with pointed emphasis on workers from Central and Southeast Asia who work in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, Mexican workers on the US-Mexican border, and California’s migrant history. The exhibit at Southwestern College in Southern California joins artists from around the world to bring awareness to the human struggles of the world’s poorest laborers. A sub-theme is the artist’s identification with migrant laborers. Perhaps the artist may be one or two rung above the world’s poorest labor pools. "Labor Migrant Gulf" at Southwestern College will be organized in two parts: One part is a traditional group exhibit of about a dozen artists. The other part is collective wall of pieces made up of art from about 50 artists to form the shape of large boteh or paisley designs. The boteh/paisley is a significant ornamental design that has religious, historical, colonial, counter culture, and labor meaning and inferences. With the boteh/paisley designs we honor Asian migrants that precipitated and inspired this art exhibit.
Doris Bittar, curator for Labor Migrant Gulf
Eleanor Antin giving a reading at one of the exhibtion events
These are the two "botehs" or paisleys comprised of the work of many different artists. You can see three of my small framed pieces if you look closely.
"Labor Migrant Gulf" explores migrant workers struggles throughout the world with pointed emphasis on workers from Central and Southeast Asia who work in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, Mexican workers on the US-Mexican border, and California’s migrant history. The exhibit at Southwestern College in Southern California joins artists from around the world to bring awareness to the human struggles of the world’s poorest laborers. A sub-theme is the artist’s identification with migrant laborers. Perhaps the artist may be one or two rung above the world’s poorest labor pools. "Labor Migrant Gulf" at Southwestern College will be organized in two parts: One part is a traditional group exhibit of about a dozen artists. The other part is collective wall of pieces made up of art from about 50 artists to form the shape of large boteh or paisley designs. The boteh/paisley is a significant ornamental design that has religious, historical, colonial, counter culture, and labor meaning and inferences. With the boteh/paisley designs we honor Asian migrants that precipitated and inspired this art exhibit.
Doris Bittar, curator for Labor Migrant Gulf
Eleanor Antin giving a reading at one of the exhibtion events
These are the two "botehs" or paisleys comprised of the work of many different artists. You can see three of my small framed pieces if you look closely.
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