Caroline Wells Chandler, BUZZ, 2016, crocheted wool, 26 x 23 inches
SPRING / BREAK Art Show:
CAROLINE WELLS CHANDLER:
from the well of salmakiss
VIP Vernissage: Tues, March 1st, 5-9pm
Hours: Wed - Sun, March 2nd-6th: 12-8pm
Mon, March 7th: 12-6pm
Dates: March 1st - 7th, 2016
Location: Room 3120
Skylight at Moynihan Station (Main Post Office
Entrance), 421 Eight Avenue, NYC
VIEW and PURCHASE THE WORK Here:
For SPRING / BREAK Art Show, Field Projects is pleased to present a site-specific installation by Caroline Wells Chandler. In new work created for the installation, Chandler pulls inspiration from the story of Hermaphroditus and his merging with the water nymph Salmacis. Melding this ancient Greek myth with contemporary references and creations, from transgender Santa Claus to beach bums and cowbois, the artist playfully immerses the audience in an exploration of transgender identity. Contemporary identities morph and fluctuate, pushed forward by radical practices of self-creation and influenced by biological impulses and desires. While the shaping and reshaping, identifying and unidentifying, copying and pasting may seem fanciful at first glance, the stakes for trans and lgbtq-identified people are deep and pressing. Chandler’s work acknowledges the deep stakes at hand, while embracing a joyful, celebratory aesthetic, combining playful colors and forms with a confident embrace of sexuality.
PRESS
Bill Cunningham in The New York Times
Lorraine Rubio's TOP BOOTH at SPRING/BREAK on Art Zealous
Jillian Steinhauer on Hyperallergic
Nicole Desser on Bedford and Bowery
Scott Lynch on The Gothamist
Whitewall Magazine The Coolest Shows this week
Art Observed AO On-Site
Audra Lambert on Arte Fuse
