I Am My Own Landscape at Visual AIDS Gallery, New York City
March 1, 2014
I’m honored that curator Ivan Acebo-Choy selected an image from my installation Upon Reflection (Parking Lot) 1985-2014 for his exhibition, I Am My Own Landscape. Choosing from the New York Visual AIDS online collection, Acebo-Choy gathered portraiture in which human presence is not searching for a place to sing, a site to conquer or a view to contemplate.
Upon Reflection (Parking Lot) 1985-2014
Installation with projection; presented as C-print; 19 x 40 in.
“These artists have, to some extent, transcended their bodies,” he writes. “See them become dark parking lots, frenzied sex cities, cozy domestic interiors, romantic green meadows. They are not merely in it; they are it, and it is in them. If they ever lacked a place to be, these images show there may be no better home than that which they have built for themselves.”
Other artists in this online gallery include Robert Blanchon, Keith Haring and Felix Gonzalez-Torres, each who have influenced my voice and my art.