SKIN is presented as part of the 6-8 MONTH PROJECT created by Kara Walker, in conversation with Eungie Joo, as an alternative space for artists, writers, curators, and others interested in creative work that extends beyond the commercial spaces of galleries, museums, and publications. Walker opened her studio to give artists of color a space to express their work and to collaborate across multiple disciplines and boundaries.
"The Last Painting in Modernism" (2008) I can say this is the most often shown piece I have so far. I don't know why...I miss the feeling and the process of shaving hair, the state of being Nothing.
Artists, audience with Kara Walker, one of my favorite contemporary artists. (photo by Natalie Havlin) Thank you for your generosity and kindness.
My curators and friends, Jian Chen (left) and Bronwynne Pereira (right) This is the best show and opening I had ever been...Thank you so much!
Artist Cheto Castellano is working on our audience....
Hair artist, Khane Kutzwell is working on audience......
Artist Coco Rico is doing one live performance.SKIN is seamless, endless, connective, and porous. This multimedia exhibition explores the possibilities of rethinking media consumption as shared skin, evoking and awakening visitors’ senses of taste, touch, and smell through onscreen images and performance. As we collectively digest images, side-by-side embrace skin, so too do we create memories beyond the tangible experience of watching and feeling. The film/video and performance presented feature the sexually, gender, and racially queer and marginalized. They play with the boundaries of visual surfaces.
