I Got This
Rhythm and order emerge in I Got This, this series of photo-based mixed media abstract self portraits. Inspired by my life growing up on the Sunset Strip during the heyday of the music scene in Los Angeles, and a nagging desire to answer my existential questions, each work reflects a memory of a significant period in my life. Each work is an archetypal character detached from its’ environment, containing a blend of photography, paint, and wild shapes on stacked plexiglass.
While each character is a self portrait, the themes are universal. On the surface, the characters look confident, as if to say “I got this. I’m capable. I can do it.” But when you look more closely, there is something amiss. Their bodies are distorted, and the facial expressions do not match their body language. The characters appear to realize, “I got this,” suggesting a delicate balance of a dual reality–the one being presented consciously, vs. the unconscious self perception inadvertently being revealed.
By exploring my past, I’m hopeful for the future, grounded in the fact that viewpoints and perspectives about ourselves, each other, and the world around us evolve over time. Change is uncomfortable, but natural.
You can read Los Angeles Art Critic, Shana Nys Dambrot’s essay about this series, here.
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