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FLORENCIO CAMPELLO
Suddenly, She Discovered Her Identity (Many of Them)
Charcoal drawing with embedded electronic component which rotates the faces of women from
around the work who submitted their image for this project
12 x 12 in.
Courtesy of Alida Anderson Art Projects
ARTIST STATEMENT
Over the last few decades, I have used my artwork to tell stories, nearly always influenced by the events, people, and history around me.
The year 2020 was a never-ending river of information, with multiple tributaries which will feed visual stories for centuries to come. In 2020 I was fascinated by how people worldwide expanded their identities, genders, and ancestries -- a tapestry of sources ranging from DNA discoveries to the nearly instant release and availability of information. Marry that interest with a furious rekindling of political differences and ancient rancors, as well as the beginning of full acceptance in some societies of the right of people to assert their gender identification, and artists have a generational opportunity to tell a story for the future to inhale. The person in my piece could be the Eve from Genesis, as she struggles, or perhaps enjoys, searching for her identity -- only to discover, as we all eventually do, that we have many identities. |