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Ana Teresa Fernandez at Elle Decor Concept House
I had the opportunity to visit with artist Ana Teresa Fernandez yesterday at the Elle Décor Modern Life Concept House where her art is hanging. There are a number of pieces from her Ablution series installed and each more serenely dramatic and provocative than the next.
Here is an excerpt from Ana’s website which delves into her inspiration behind the Ablution series:
“Ablution is a series of paintings that derive from performances that submerges the body into specific sites, addressing rituals of cleansing and maintenance, focusing on gender, labor, sexuality and race. What does it mean to be clean in today’s society? Using water as a metaphor for purity, and playing an ironic dirty twist for ”wetback”, these performances dive into history’s religious transformation from paganism; water as a symbol for fertility and strength, then into Catholicism; washing away our guilt, deconstructing a watered down identity as a bicultural immigrant. No matter how much we try to sculpt our own identities and bodies through repetitive actions, our reflection unto society can always be distorted and broken up through people’s own perceptions.”
Ana Teresa Fernandez Ablution Series
Ana Teresa Fernandez Ablution Series
Ana Teresa Fernandez Ablution Series
View more of Ana’s work on her website. What feelings does it bring up for you? Share your thoughts. I’ll be looking for clients/projects that will benefit by having her awe-inspiring work in their home.