This minimalist work features the word "DOCENT" in large, bold lettering against a plain white background. The artist has used a simple, sans-serif typeface and a monochromatic color scheme, creating a clean and visually striking composition. The prominent placement of the text suggests this piece is intended to convey a concept or message, likely related to the role of a docent in the art world. The stark, straightforward style and lack of additional visual elements focuses the viewer's attention entirely on the word itself, inviting contemplation of its meaning and significance within the context of contemporary art. ...
Lia D Castro’s artistic practice offers an approach to art that goes beyond her own paintings, texts and installations. It encompasses the complexity of society, and seeks to build more meaningful and inclusive narratives and lived experiences that have been overlooked in museums and art galleries.
For the past 10 years, Lia D Castro has worked as educator, sex worker, transgender rights activist and gives antiracism and anti-transphobia lectures in art institutions, as well as in national and multinational companies. She also has interests in areas such as hate criminology, anthropology, behavioral psychology and sociology.
Full of meanings and resonances, Lia D Castro’s paintings reflect on gender and race hierarchies, art history, transphobia and biased notions of femininity, in works that invite the viewer to examine them closely. A powerful call to action, emphasizing the importance of representation and inclusivity.
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Founded in 2011, Carlos/Ishikawa’s program is dedicated to considered and ambitious exhibitions that offer diverse artists’ perspectives on structural, socio-cultural, and political questions. The program focuses on international artists with often wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary and experimental practices. There is an interest within the program of challenging the aesthetic conventions of conceptual art, and a focus on art that is able to operate on an affective, emotional level as well as a rigorous intellectual one. The gallery has offered many artists their first solo show, many of whom have gone on to receive recognition internationally. ...
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