Portraits were made by the artist in a 3-hour marathon, a test of stamina and the ability to capture the essence of a person one after the other. The method was subtractive drawing in block printing ink on Plexi glass. Guests began to take their portraits off the wall before the event was over, and no one made a count of how many portraits were completed in those 3 hours.
This performance was for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Atelier event, in response to a selection of modern and contemporary prints.
One of the assistants, Nicola, waiting to pull the print from the Plexi glass.
The never-ending queue
Tyvec, xerox images on paper, acrylic paint, wheat paste, pastel, 4’ x 9’2”
Starting with a blank billboard, painted and collaged elements visually narrated the hybrid culture of the Philippines. It was an oversized postcard from a colonized history.
This performance was for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Nights event, in response to an exhibition of work by artist Yinka Shonibare.
The artist embedded an assortment of belongings from her past into the clay hair of a self-portrait sculpture. Once all the objects were pressed into the clay, Tina V tied her own hair back. A woman stepped out of the crowd onto the stage and cut off the artist’s ponytail.
This performance was for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Nights event, in response to Javier Marin’s 1995 sculpture, Rojo Intenso.
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