Maternal Mitochondria will have a piece in the show “Art & Activism” with Axle Contemporary in Santa Fe.
OPENING: in Railyard Shade Structure by Farmers Market, Santa Fe, NM July 5 5pm-7pm. Exhibition continues through August 18.
Responding to the prompt “Rage,” Maternal Mitochondria took posts and tweets from the internet which inspired a pure and visceral rage in the artists. These quotes have been rearranged and placed in the context of female personifications of death. The three incarnations aren’t exactly vengeful Furies, but are related. Visually they are threatening, and even protective. They are also a reminder about how no life is exempt from death, not even patriarchal or woman-hating dominance can supersede death. It is the great leveler of humanity. Taken in context with the text, Mictecacihuatl, Santa Muerte, and Death in Her Cart seem to express rage but also the power of nature, which is often identified as female.
From left to right: Mictecacihuatl, Aztecan Goddess of the dead, Santa Muerte in Mexico, and Death in Her Cart from New Mexico (both are considered to be depictions of Doña Sebastiana).
These two pieces will be shown at the Santa Fe Public Library, Main branch, from May-June. It’s an all ages show based on their reading selections this year (“Circe” by Madeline Miller), and the themes include Greek Mythology and Female Empowerment.
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts presents Working Together: Collaborative Art on July 24th! You can view the online show here. Maternal Mitochondria has three pieces in the show.
These images are from our cochineal dyeing day, and all of these colors were from the same dye pot! It involves shifting the chemistry from light pink to scarlet to purple.
Maternal Mitochondria has three pieces in the show “Text/Message” with Shoebox Projects in LA. The show description: “Text/Message” focuses on how we use text in fine art. Whether painting, sculpture, mixed media, video, digital, the use of text plays an integral part in telling stories. It can add a poetic layer, or a humorous anecdote. Text can challenge societal assumptions, activate our inner desires or crusade for long held beliefs. Text also lies.
I (and Maternal Mitochondria) have a piece in the show Words Matter at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts! Check it out here.
Words Matter… an important concept, but lost on many, especially in this digital age, where lies spread faster than truth and sermons delineating the difference between Facts and Truth are all the rage. Words last long after people who spoke them have faded away… motivational, stifling, humorous or ironic the addition or inclusion of words can change how we view an image, or how we view the world. The exhibition will open on June 15th to explore how words and images can make us laugh, polarize opinions, erect barriers or breakdown walls. We are looking to challenge your perceptions and shine a light on how words, phrases and even off hand comments have the power to change lives.
The Words Matter exhibition will open on June 15th in tandem with Sticks & Stones by Gershon Stark, a solo presentation exploring the lasting negative impact of those “words that will never hurt you”.