Casita
8/15/23-9/15/23
Elsewhere, Atlanta, GA
Casita is a memory of a childhood fantasy. Through painting and installation, a specific time and location is recreated within a domestic setting using fragmented bodies and abstracted, dreamlike scapes to convey a sense of nostalgia for a place that no longer exists.
"I grew up on the seventh floor of a building in Washington, DC. I slept among the plants in my mother's garden in our living room, which became my Eden above the city. Staring out the window through the leaves, I imagined my body floating through the sky and over the city. I would caress the plants, who were my friends, and whisper, I miss the ground, too."
"I grew up on the seventh floor of a building in Washington, DC. I slept among the plants in my mother's garden in our living room, which became my Eden above the city. Staring out the window through the leaves, I imagined my body floating through the sky and over the city. I would caress the plants, who were my friends, and whisper, I miss the ground, too."
Casita, 2023, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in.
Installation view
Heaven on the 8th Floor, exterior installation view, tulle and light
Heaven on the 8th Floor, interior installation view, video, tulle, light