Florine Demosthene is one of the artists in “THE SUBJECT IS BLACK”
curated by Lawrence Graham-Brown
Opens October 25th in Leslie Lohman Museum New York
Wonder Twins.
About:
Florine Demosthene earned her BFA from Parsons The New School for Design and her MFA from Hunter College. Her artwork examines how black culture is commodified and fetishized. Whether through paintings or drawings, she seeks to magnify the subtlety of racial constructs and how viewers have become comfortable with derogatory images.
The Capture Series, 2010.
Statement of the artist:
I’ve been intrigued by the black female body in contemporary visual culture and am piqued by how her physical size is suppose to dictate a certain set of ideals and behavior. Borrowing from Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, I chronicled my journey through the Caribbean and West Africa in a series of drawings, entitled ‘The Capture.’ These mixed media pieces, textual melanges of ink, oil, graphite and charcoal, depict voluptuous female figures amid a strange world of decay and destruction. By delving into the subconscious mind of a fictitious black heroine and the ephemeral quality of her thoughts and experiences, ‘The Capture’ is an attempt to structure a new mythology that explores black female sexuality and sensuality.
The Capture Series.About:
Art exhibition and salon aims to intervene into the global conversation about the “Black” body, a body that is perpetually in flux via restraint, attack, denial et al. Here these eight artists use the body as the predominant theme, gendered and sexualized in all its strength and glory, questioning a 21st century predicament and narrative.
The Capture series.
Artists:
Ricky Day-USA
Florine Demosthene-Haiti
JD Dragan-USA
Gerard H. Gaskin-Trinidad and Tobago
Archie Lindo- Jamaica (Indian, Scottish. Jewish)
Adejoke Tugbiyele-Nigeria
Carlo Quispe-Peru
Tony Whitfield-USA
