Descripción
Derived from a tongue-in-check motto around the Rio de la Plata basin (Cocodrilo que duerme es cartera), this painting works around the convergence of camp, the queer, and the oneiric unfolded into a simple visual narrative. Vivid hues and ethereal light imbue the acrylic-and-nail-polish-on-canvas painting with a dreamlike quality, in which the crocodile’s head – an icon of primal aggression - transcends its original purpose to become a wicked symbol of both femininity and utility.
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# [Luz Malizia]
Creating systems that engage reality in art and art in reality to showcase the actus reus of the creative process, Luz Malizia’s works explore the relationship between dreamy landscapes of introspective mysticism and the abrupt incursion of pop culture fantasies in them, letting her swiftly tailored surrealist showgirls subvert the stoic attributes of archetypal personas.
Malizia translates the sensibilities of the born and raised on the suburbs of the post 2001 crisis Buenos Aires with paint and textiles. Her art sublimates the idyllic and the John Waters-esque, the South American vernacular and the global north camp, confounding in her the signs and symbols of the true last worldwide MTV generation.
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