Firelei Báez – ‘To See Beyond It And To Access the Places That We Know Lie Outside Its Walls’ (2015), Gouache and ink on paper, 84.5 x 50 inches (213.4 x 127 cm)

“Utilizzando acrilico, tempera, inchiostro e grafite, l’artista Firelei Báez crea ritratti complessi che sfumano i confini tra astrazione, realismo e surrealismo. Báez forma figure umane con la pelle composta di raffiche di colore e pattern, sono le ciocche di capelli e gli occhi penetranti, meticolosamente resi, a definire come persone le forme astratte e vibranti. In una dichiarazione sul suo sito web, la pratica dell’artista è descritta come “una convergenza di interessi in antropologia, fantascienza, soggettività femminile nera e lavoro femminile; la sua arte esplora l’umorismo e la fantasia coinvolti nell’auto-making all’interno delle società diasporiche “. Báez è nato nella Repubblica Dominicana e ora vive e lavora a New York…”
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Firelei Báez – Patterns Of Resistance

Firelei Báez – ‘To See Beyond It And To Access the Places That We Know Lie Outside Its Walls’ (2015), Gouache and ink on paper, 84.5 x 50 inches (213.4 x 127 cm)

Firelei Báez – Left – ‘Wanderlust Demanding Recompense’ (2016), acrylic and ink on paper, 93 x 52 inches (236.2 x 132.1 cm) – Right – ‘Ciguapa Pantera’ (2015), acrylic and ink on paper, 95 x 69 inches (241.3 x 165.1 cm)

Firelei Báez – “Becoming New (A Tignon For Mami Wata)” (2016), acrylic on canvas 48 x 34 inches (121.9 x 86.4 cm)

Firelei Báez – “Sans-Souci” (2015), acrylic and ink on linen, 108 x 74 inches (274.3 x 188 cm)

Firelei Báez – Of Love Possessed (Lessons on Alterity For G.D. and F.G At A Local BSS)” (2016), acrylic on Yupo paper

Firelei Báez – “To See Beyond It And To Access the Places That We Know Lie Outside Its Walls” (2015), Gouache and ink on paper, 84.5 x 50 inches (213.4 x 127 cm)

Firelei Báez – “Memory Board Listening (June 7th)” (2015), acrylic and Sennelier ink on YUPO paper, 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)