Posts Tagged: gender

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Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine

Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine can be seen as a visual model of how gender expression and identity function in relation to one another. Notions of an ideal male, wholly masculine, or of an ideal female, wholly feminine, are as unrealistic as the mannequins used for this piece. These ideals function as both poles and placeholders, useful and problematic. The knit patchwork unites these forms and places a more nuanced and holistic model of gender onto the rigid binary.

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Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine

Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine can be seen as a visual model of how gender expression and identity function in relation to one another. Notions of an ideal male, wholly masculine, or of an ideal female, wholly feminine, are as unrealistic as the mannequins used for this piece. These ideals function as both poles and placeholders, useful and problematic. The knit patchwork unites these forms and places a more nuanced and holistic model of gender onto the rigid binary.

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Come join us for the unveiling of my newest work at Knit Culture Studio!

I’m very excited to debut Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine, a wearable knit-sculpture that uses texture and color to explore the idea of Gender as a patchwork of expressions and identities. OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, February 7th 7:00 – 9:00pm Knit Culture Studio

Duality 1_MF Pink 8x10

Come join us for the unveiling of my newest work at Knit Culture Studio!

I’m very excited to debut Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine, a wearable knit-sculpture that uses texture and color to explore the idea of Gender as a patchwork of expressions and identities. OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, February 7th 7:00 – 9:00pm Knit Culture Studio

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L.A. Exhibition at Knit Culture Studio!

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be having my first Los Angeles exhibition of the knit skeleton! A new iteration of Transcending the Material will be on display at Knit Culture Studio. Come join us for the opening reception Thursday,

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L.A. Exhibition at Knit Culture Studio!

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be having my first Los Angeles exhibition of the knit skeleton! A new iteration of Transcending the Material will be on display at Knit Culture Studio. Come join us for the opening reception Thursday,

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Tasting Cultures: The Arts of Latino Foodways

If you’re in Milwaukee between now and July, come check out Tasting Cultures at the Latino Arts Gallery, where my piece, Transcending the Material is on display. This is your chance to see the knit skeleton in person! March 4 – July

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Tasting Cultures: The Arts of Latino Foodways

If you’re in Milwaukee between now and July, come check out Tasting Cultures at the Latino Arts Gallery, where my piece, Transcending the Material is on display. This is your chance to see the knit skeleton in person! March 4 – July

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Interview: Collectif France Tricot

Solène from Collectif France Tricot (French Knitting Collective) asked me to do an interview for their website. It’s available in french and english: Hello Ben Cuevas, can you introduce yourself? I’d be happy to. I’m a mixed media installation artist,

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Interview: Collectif France Tricot

Solène from Collectif France Tricot (French Knitting Collective) asked me to do an interview for their website. It’s available in french and english: Hello Ben Cuevas, can you introduce yourself? I’d be happy to. I’m a mixed media installation artist,

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Transcending the Material

These photos document “Transcending the Material”, a mixed media piece that I created and installed while in residence at the Wassaic Project (an arts collective and residency program located in New York state). The piece was exhibited at the Wassaic

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Transcending the Material

These photos document “Transcending the Material”, a mixed media piece that I created and installed while in residence at the Wassaic Project (an arts collective and residency program located in New York state). The piece was exhibited at the Wassaic

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Jock Strap (a work in progress)

The Jock Strap piece is another work in progress. For this project I sat nude in a men’s locker room and knit myself a jock strap, commenting on the notion of woman’s work vs man’s work and appropriate activities within

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Jock Strap (a work in progress)

The Jock Strap piece is another work in progress. For this project I sat nude in a men’s locker room and knit myself a jock strap, commenting on the notion of woman’s work vs man’s work and appropriate activities within

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Works in Progress Part III: The Genitosexual

This next installment in the works in progress series deals with the second chakra, Svashistana (sweetness), which affects sexuality and reproduction. The external genitalia represented here are ambiguous in nature. I wanted to create a representation of the genitals that

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Works in Progress Part III: The Genitosexual

This next installment in the works in progress series deals with the second chakra, Svashistana (sweetness), which affects sexuality and reproduction. The external genitalia represented here are ambiguous in nature. I wanted to create a representation of the genitals that