A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience - Catalog - Page 45
Candida Alvarez, A Wing, A Halo, 2019, acrylic on linen
certainty to mystery have always intrigued me. I take on the
power of transmitted light to alter perception of a magical
and powerful new arrangement of form and color. My work
stumbles through what I think of as chatty abstract spaces
to reboot both light and space so that they can conjure
shapeshifting and dream catching. These investigations
allow for my paintings and drawings to build abstract
narrative structures that mix and remix themselves,
interweaving the narrative with the pictorial. My aim is to
expand the hybrid space of painting, all while maintaining
a crucial connection to daily life.
the reflection of the work being made. Because of the
Coronavirus and the imposed isolation, my relationship to
immortality has never been more omnipresent than now.
For the record, I am an American citizen, and my identity is
tied to the island of Puerto Rico because my parents were
born there. Lifting up my voice in America right now means
voting Blue and speaking up against racism whenever,
wherever, and however it shows itself. BASTA...enough is
enough!!
At this moment, a very anxious feeling follows me into
the studio. Slowly I calm down, facing my interiority, in
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