To view an enlarged version of the artwork, click on image and a pop-up window will appear.Įxploring conceptions of gender, identity, and preconceived boundaries of the anatomical form, the following artworks suggest innovative ways of reconsidering the possibilities of our corporeal selves through fragmentation, collage, and re-contextualizations of the body imaginary.Īs someone who spent much of their adolescence as a performing artist, as both an actor and singer, I am drawn to action. To view the artwork information, hover over the image with your cursor. Some artists have included their Instagram accounts and personal websites, which can be accessed through links embedded in their names. Helpful tips for exploring Long Distance Relationship: The exhibition is broken down into four categories: Fragmented Bodies, Stitching Past into Present, Constructing Memory, and Chromatic Abstraction. Through an alchemy of determination, vulnerability, tenacity, and a belief in the redemptive and generative power of art, rather than returning to a former version of normalcy, the presenting artists stitch together new visions for our changing world. Here we see artworks that refuse singular definitions, creative practitioners disavowing the limitations of separation, shape shifting forms that beg for second looks, images that connect us with stories across time and space, and conjured intentions that set the stage for new realities. Using Zoom, Google, Discord, Instagram, Facetime, Moodle, Spotify, and other virtual structures in order to nurture and exhibit our creative connections, Long Distance Relationship participants ask what it means to relate to each other through this scope of mediating platforms while offering unique lenses into our contemporary moment. Throughout the projects presented in Long Distance Relationship, ranging from textile creations and paintings on paper, to video, performance and site specific sculpture, the artists contend with our reality of social distancing and shifts in time zones. While much creative research thrives in independent, focused studio time, cultural producers throughout history have turned to their artistic networks for inspiration and connection, by gathering together in salons, critiques, studio visits, receptions, lectures, and hang-outs. In Long Distance Relationship, 15 artists navigate new territories sprung from the global pandemic and associated landscapes of stress, disconnection, and trauma. One that fits all of humanity and nature.” - Sonya Renee Taylor
“We should not long to return, my friends.
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