https://freshasfruit.cargo.site Fresh As Fruit Sat, 29 Jan 2022 04:54:55 +0000 https://freshasfruit.cargo.site en https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Fresh-As-Fruit-Archive Sat, 17 Oct 2020 16:15:40 +0000 Fresh As Fruit https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Fresh-As-Fruit-Archive fresh as fruit - exhibition archive <img width="2501" height="3019" width_o="2501" height_o="3019" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34d1010a534adca7721a42ccf6fc3a3158e49b1d9bd9f3cbc84ca3fd95889fa5/Painting_Requests2.png" data-mid="104952012" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34d1010a534adca7721a42ccf6fc3a3158e49b1d9bd9f3cbc84ca3fd95889fa5/Painting_Requests2.png" /> <img width="2786" height="3718" width_o="2786" height_o="3718" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f2d55af327a66718fe57d07e357edae2719afd4f8cc4fc4aa480702872d3ca5/YoursMineOurs.png" data-mid="99595836" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b170740116204d8c7e77a71e69091a54786593179e2358e4ad58f47422c2fa9c/vertical-sky.png" data-mid="88270604" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/468/i/b170740116204d8c7e77a71e69091a54786593179e2358e4ad58f47422c2fa9c/vertical-sky.png" /> <img width="15958" height="2358" width_o="15958" height_o="2358" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e014f0e9808010c32a301fb9c1ff8f6557f1cea96cc253a3401ec9bc9be6c7af/Language-of-space.png" data-mid="85907024" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e014f0e9808010c32a301fb9c1ff8f6557f1cea96cc253a3401ec9bc9be6c7af/Language-of-space.png" /> <img width="1500" height="263" width_o="1500" height_o="263" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1a5edfecbd36227fcbc4489cc70c961bf4ec85c5a770f560f36d06c048fba17/A-kind-of-a-stopwatch-01.png" data-mid="85907127" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1a5edfecbd36227fcbc4489cc70c961bf4ec85c5a770f560f36d06c048fba17/A-kind-of-a-stopwatch-01.png" /> <img width="606" height="368" width_o="606" height_o="368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2da7246b9a117be4ee377df965b777282030af6a7ece914b01664efbdfedb360/Fresh.png" data-mid="88322195" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/606/i/2da7246b9a117be4ee377df965b777282030af6a7ece914b01664efbdfedb360/Fresh.png" /> https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Teeter-Tooter Sat, 17 Oct 2020 16:15:41 +0000 Fresh As Fruit https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Teeter-Tooter Teeter-Totter Elizabeth Odiorne &amp;&nbsp;HM Thompson HM Thompson statement:&nbsp; Considering the boundaries, borders, and binaries of categorized identities, of the body, of societal constructs and the impossible expectations that they bear, my work speaks to the multifaceted and fluid nature of identity, with emphasis on gender performance. Few things in nature are fixed or permanent; I am interested in the margins, the fringe, and the non-normative— the ways in which we identify ourselves that are messy, fluctuating, layered, and do not fit neatly into any pre-determined criteria. Expanding on themes of childhood, queer theory, post-structuralism, phenomenology, “subversive sweetness,” and abstraction, my work can be regarded as both sculpture and installation. I focus on bodily relationships between form and viewer, pushing this notion further through abstracted and platonic forms. I do this to provide the viewer with a particular ground, albeit unstable. I consider this kind of work to be both distopic and utopic—playful and critical. Through a phenomenological approach, this work speaks to the strangeness of familiarity by referencing objects that appear to have a location in our collective memory or experience but do not exist as “real” or representational forms. Color and texture operate in this work as an entry point, allowing those who might be unfamiliar with the aforementioned themes to experience the space and all of its potential without feeling alienated or excluded. My background in graphic design, photography, and drawing informs the way that I treat my sculptural surfaces, which are often subtle but unapologetic. Because I am interested in how we understand gender through language, my work utilizes the double meanings and sometimes meaninglessness of words. I use both smooth and constrained gradations to exploit boundaries while candy coating the work in saturated color and texture to leave the viewer feeling that they might already understand my propositions. Additionally, using a language of symbols, I provide otherwise abstract concepts with literal dimensionality. It is the “subversively sweet” quality of the work that allows me to explore queer theory, philosophy, and language in a way that is simultaneously tongue-in-cheek and demanding. Elizabeth Odiorne statement:&nbsp;We are surrounded by visually intriguing, recurring designs in nature, ranging from simple to intricate. My screen-printed textiles focus on exemplifying and magnifying the complexity of repeated forms. I am passionate about the time-honored tradition of screen-printing textiles, taking great pride in executing all aspects of the process by hand. I want the viewer to absorb and be engrossed in the original drawings, overlapping shapes and complex compositions. My patterns and motifs reflect the significance of personal achievements and monumental life moments. Through the process of repetition, I wish to instill an overpowering visual sensation when viewing my work – a menagerie of brilliant, saturation of color, layers of delicate linear patterns, embedded with a unique record of personal anecdotes. <img width="3300" height="4395" width_o="3300" height_o="4395" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/014c76f5ea1974fd563fde5bd20073b3f10010cb992f2713ba0c4673e02b8a66/teeter_totter_scrunched-01.jpg" data-mid="89074270" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/014c76f5ea1974fd563fde5bd20073b3f10010cb992f2713ba0c4673e02b8a66/teeter_totter_scrunched-01.jpg" /> <img width="2714" height="1919" width_o="2714" height_o="1919" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1be385a90f916c33709e2f19d1b0cf7e285622d4b9c48c1d556d3644e4fda6a/00000PORTRAIT_00000_BURST20200129193532941.jpg" data-mid="88849546" border="0" 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signify multiple meanings and suggestions using a visual code.&nbsp; I take hold of identifiable images, like scenes from old films or comics, and make them my own, using techniques found in cartooning, graffiti tagging, satire, movie posters, Dada, Surrealism, and various forms of photo collage.&nbsp; My collages consist of paint and paper on wood, are usually no bigger than a few inches, and are unusual shapes.&nbsp; They are made of low and often recycled material.&nbsp; They are for the common audience to think about, and not just the art world. My art is an expression of how I feel, it is reflective of my influences, and it continues to challenge my creative impulses pushing the compositions further.&nbsp; The work as a whole is process oriented, uses layers in its construction, and is referential of other works of art, including my own interdisciplinary art. Scüzz is a redirecting of cinema, is taking ownership of advertising, and is a retelling of sequential art as scenes are altered and icons are defaced.&nbsp; Scüzz processes an untouchable high art into a low brow domestic object.&nbsp; Scüzz is lucid dreaming.&nbsp; Scüzz is art referencing itself.&nbsp; Scüzz is “tag you’re it”.&nbsp; Scüzz is your mother’s refrigerator.&nbsp; Scüzz is a pig in the sun.&nbsp; Scüzz is 12 monkeys on a steep jetee.&nbsp; Scüzz is a breathless Jim McBride.&nbsp; Scüzz brings us back to the future.&nbsp; Scüzz is why we can’t have nice things. www.chadserhal.com &nbsp; <img width="1973" height="2630" width_o="1973" height_o="2630" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c934ef9e1c62fa61345c06a23014c27ab64baed6d59c993968954a29b467f176/00100dPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200222205535144_COVER.jpg" data-mid="88846845" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c934ef9e1c62fa61345c06a23014c27ab64baed6d59c993968954a29b467f176/00100dPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200222205535144_COVER.jpg" /> <img width="1973" height="2630" width_o="1973" height_o="2630" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5c3731a68d7e9902da6ea3af2005ff73c0198a1b7d1b318ad95e269b36d42de/00100dPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200222154454607_COVER.jpg" data-mid="88846840" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5c3731a68d7e9902da6ea3af2005ff73c0198a1b7d1b318ad95e269b36d42de/00100dPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200222154454607_COVER.jpg" /> <img width="2635" height="1976" width_o="2635" height_o="1976" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/daf1c40d6fe287a492dcf6fc47efb0e00b59a3ff220b530664e1b5b904c8fbe0/IMG_20200223_161451.jpg" data-mid="88846852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/daf1c40d6fe287a492dcf6fc47efb0e00b59a3ff220b530664e1b5b904c8fbe0/IMG_20200223_161451.jpg" /> <img width="3017" height="1726" width_o="3017" height_o="1726" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1974483c986d9c2330265ed4a2ed0c5527957a4b1113fc23a8ee18d007546495/IMG_20200222_180128.jpg" data-mid="88846847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1974483c986d9c2330265ed4a2ed0c5527957a4b1113fc23a8ee18d007546495/IMG_20200222_180128.jpg" /> <img width="2808" height="1852" width_o="2808" height_o="1852" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb2c548c6deb22d57508eb8ad9a1edd2ecd353eb49b20eb5cbb2f59e251c5818/IMG_20200222_181031-copy.jpg" data-mid="88846848" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb2c548c6deb22d57508eb8ad9a1edd2ecd353eb49b20eb5cbb2f59e251c5818/IMG_20200222_181031-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2016" height="2579" width_o="2016" height_o="2579" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08136b0913b3a495c6cb9d5f5a43b7b865238c6c756d0083acc1d9beee61b69a/IMG_20200222_181041.jpg" data-mid="88846849" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08136b0913b3a495c6cb9d5f5a43b7b865238c6c756d0083acc1d9beee61b69a/IMG_20200222_181041.jpg" /> <img width="2030" height="2573" width_o="2030" height_o="2573" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a398561c2300c639b8cf118270e1ce37d01a13671e2c42b26274d7d7b54e7d5/IMG_20200222_205141.jpg" data-mid="88846851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a398561c2300c639b8cf118270e1ce37d01a13671e2c42b26274d7d7b54e7d5/IMG_20200222_205141.jpg" /> <img width="1951" height="2673" width_o="1951" height_o="2673" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e4bbecdf2d7f8836baa42d334430d6acf1bfbbe044ae5b174c7059a510b388d/IMG_20200222_181057.jpg" data-mid="88846850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e4bbecdf2d7f8836baa42d334430d6acf1bfbbe044ae5b174c7059a510b388d/IMG_20200222_181057.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="5103" width_o="3300" height_o="5103" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f2554f44500b255e3d2677090607143668bc4847561a4e894db309d83d3388f/The-Best-Fonda_poster.jpg" data-mid="88846945" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f2554f44500b255e3d2677090607143668bc4847561a4e894db309d83d3388f/The-Best-Fonda_poster.jpg" /> https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Always-Already-Lost Sat, 17 Oct 2020 16:15:41 +0000 Fresh As Fruit https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Always-Already-Lost Always Already Lost Marina Sachs Marina Sachs (@marina2mp3) is a multimedia artist and educator currently living in Gainesville, FL. Their work includes the practice of 35mm photography, site-specific installations, and time-specific durational performances. Leveraging a female gaze perspective, their research and studio practice primarily examines desire (specifically through addiction and commodified femme bodies) as played out in private and public spaces in contemporary capitalism. Their work aims to produce “future” images, collaborative alternatives, and transformative antidotes to the realities of the American dreamscape. More about Marina, their work, and commissions at www.marinasachs.com. <img width="1152" height="1512" width_o="1152" height_o="1512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/052ea6ddb508441708e7febc67325be84487eaae0e8d91e0a55d18d91d55a26f/FACEME.png" data-mid="88650216" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/052ea6ddb508441708e7febc67325be84487eaae0e8d91e0a55d18d91d55a26f/FACEME.png" /> <img width="2232" height="3312" width_o="2232" height_o="3312" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91ba8eab9e62c0230ecce8a500c2eb5e9d628958f97edd1014ecfea3aba07758/TRYME.png" data-mid="88652268" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91ba8eab9e62c0230ecce8a500c2eb5e9d628958f97edd1014ecfea3aba07758/TRYME.png" /> <img width="2874" height="1633" width_o="2874" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f1574049cebabc7bf9d69744b8fbbb24644a3955ff500aa2305335cb6ef39a3/Copy-of-IMG_20200820_130107.jpg" data-mid="88847238" border="0" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29fe5a8125304042fcfc34b0b620bbb8e379d2ab77128f8d2d494a3ecd093901/Always-Already-Lost2.jpg" /> IT BURNS AND I CAN’T STOP (2019-2020) Recycled Material, Spray Foam This Flamin’ Hot sculpture pushes beyond corner-store snack, and looks at how hold weight in conversations about food insecurity, artificially-generated addictions, and privilege. The sculptures' super-size uncanniness opens up a humorous and playful space to imagine ‘what if’ and ‘would I’ about these cheetos. Would you try a cheeto this big? BL_NK ME (2020) Photographic Print, Spray Foam BL_NK ME explores representations of the female body refusing to be confined to pornographic or explicit private-publics. What do words mean when inscribed over someone’s body? Sprung from everyday experiences of being a woman, these images play on the tension between sexuality, agency, and control of their own images? “I WISH I HAD SOMETHING PROFOUND TO SAY” (2020) Spray Foam https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Language-of-Space Sat, 17 Oct 2020 18:21:38 +0000 Fresh As Fruit https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Language-of-Space Language of Space Emmanuel Opoku Opoku collects and transforms found objects to reflect social roles &nbsp;and elicit feelings of nostalgia. Found objects re-purposed to navigate his logic understanding of value, space and history. His artwork invites viewers to read their own meanings into familiar objects that have been transformed.&nbsp; Opoku’s work explores his comparison of experiences between the US and Ghana with the use of the material collected from thrifts stores and contextualized into various meanings of culture, status and politics of art. He employs the concept of juxtaposition with non-related objects in a way to search for his identity use ambiguity to investigate the expectations of the mainstream art. Emmanuel Manu Opoku was born in Kumasi, Ghana. He attended Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and majored in BFA Painting. His first solo exhibition the risen compass occurred in early 2019 at 4most Gallery and the second solo exhibition at the Constance and Linton Gallery of International Art in the same year. He has participated in several group exhibitions in Ghana and US. He is currently pursuing his MFA in Sculpture at the University of Florida. opokuarts.com <img width="2550" height="3300" width_o="2550" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a6dc7f577a7d3d7e2fb7e31eafc64d8a4c6ab8267e4b4bebca1daa411a70cbb/Language_of_space-01.jpg" data-mid="88660835" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a6dc7f577a7d3d7e2fb7e31eafc64d8a4c6ab8267e4b4bebca1daa411a70cbb/Language_of_space-01.jpg" /> <img width="2732" height="1904" width_o="2732" height_o="1904" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/277e7c42f0a41243b4dd5b458ccdca74e9355d04547763a273eded948c14d068/IMG_20200918_191539.jpg" data-mid="88660647" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/277e7c42f0a41243b4dd5b458ccdca74e9355d04547763a273eded948c14d068/IMG_20200918_191539.jpg" /> <img width="2664" height="1952" width_o="2664" height_o="1952" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0c6a9e1c35647f15739013f491bb93d3ba0e2670b1cddb2e34f8b7dfb1c8de5/IMG_20200918_184341.jpg" data-mid="88660646" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0c6a9e1c35647f15739013f491bb93d3ba0e2670b1cddb2e34f8b7dfb1c8de5/IMG_20200918_184341.jpg" /> <img width="1958" height="2648" width_o="1958" height_o="2648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62e4f14de3781962dac2491a97007e46197fef970eedcddf8e714da82bf10a92/IMG_20200918_191647.jpg" data-mid="88660649" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62e4f14de3781962dac2491a97007e46197fef970eedcddf8e714da82bf10a92/IMG_20200918_191647.jpg" /> <img width="2052" height="2542" width_o="2052" height_o="2542" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6e3701c5aa6e3f0c8851e67fe16678a141e1494f975fbead02ad4bd80c098cd/IMG_20200918_191901.jpg" data-mid="88660650" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6e3701c5aa6e3f0c8851e67fe16678a141e1494f975fbead02ad4bd80c098cd/IMG_20200918_191901.jpg" /> <img width="2744" height="1896" width_o="2744" height_o="1896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7079873dde6ab4a9923aeb230f0c31c8d1ff284afe7882342dc57c3bf48d36a0/IMG_20200918_191622.jpg" data-mid="88660648" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7079873dde6ab4a9923aeb230f0c31c8d1ff284afe7882342dc57c3bf48d36a0/IMG_20200918_191622.jpg" /> <img width="2052" height="2542" width_o="2052" height_o="2542" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6e3701c5aa6e3f0c8851e67fe16678a141e1494f975fbead02ad4bd80c098cd/IMG_20200918_191901.jpg" data-mid="88660650" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6e3701c5aa6e3f0c8851e67fe16678a141e1494f975fbead02ad4bd80c098cd/IMG_20200918_191901.jpg" /> <img width="2826" height="1839" width_o="2826" height_o="1839" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62a779971b84c59e71b4be242bb609852033cef137951a17a07957aac99d019b/IMG_20200918_201233.jpg" data-mid="88660655" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62a779971b84c59e71b4be242bb609852033cef137951a17a07957aac99d019b/IMG_20200918_201233.jpg" /> <img width="3048" height="1714" width_o="3048" height_o="1714" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afb6b73b4806707bdcac5a3ea3ab686bb2cc175213f9c1b281f71e7fb95933ab/IMG_20200918_194508.jpg" data-mid="88660652" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/afb6b73b4806707bdcac5a3ea3ab686bb2cc175213f9c1b281f71e7fb95933ab/IMG_20200918_194508.jpg" /> <img width="2822" height="1845" width_o="2822" height_o="1845" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12eb9c25eed13ed6f17360860ad83f265493a46c931d7d983ab7f0649eeb960b/IMG_20200918_201057.jpg" data-mid="88660653" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12eb9c25eed13ed6f17360860ad83f265493a46c931d7d983ab7f0649eeb960b/IMG_20200918_201057.jpg" /> <img width="2856" height="1828" width_o="2856" height_o="1828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8941c58c9b380f78c3b03057633172b40f30dab5a46edabbb49ec9a42e6e927f/IMG_20200918_201131.jpg" data-mid="88660654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8941c58c9b380f78c3b03057633172b40f30dab5a46edabbb49ec9a42e6e927f/IMG_20200918_201131.jpg" /> <img width="2806" height="1857" width_o="2806" height_o="1857" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36ff1d87b4408a5d6dc8b67caa725c3cb2cdfa12f59996634b68ec52bdf7a391/IMG_20200918_202736.jpg" data-mid="88660656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36ff1d87b4408a5d6dc8b67caa725c3cb2cdfa12f59996634b68ec52bdf7a391/IMG_20200918_202736.jpg" /> <img width="2551" height="3300" width_o="2551" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d5ee319ddd12d24e39aa1fc5a741beedef3f36d2c5821a074fc50f28cbe4650/Language_of_space_pricelist-02.png" data-mid="88662818" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d5ee319ddd12d24e39aa1fc5a741beedef3f36d2c5821a074fc50f28cbe4650/Language_of_space_pricelist-02.png" /> 1. Beautiful (Ahuofedua), 2019, 85 X 65”2. Untitled, 2020, 23 x 13” 3.&nbsp;Self-Portait, 2020, 41 X 22 X 10”4. Untitled, 2020,&nbsp; 30 x 48” 5.&nbsp;One In My Mouth, 2019, 79 x 34 inches 6.&nbsp;Untitled, 2020,&nbsp; 30 x 48” https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/A-Kind-of-a-Stopwatch Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:44:18 +0000 Fresh As Fruit https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/A-Kind-of-a-Stopwatch A Kind of a Stopwatch Ana Carolina Meza Mendoza I make minimalist structures that reflect my experience as an immigrant. I get inspired by architecture, ladders, corridors, and crosswalks. I am fascinated by these structures and their universal capacity to reflect power and rules. I challenge the idea that power means a stable system. I create weak structures through materials explorations. &nbsp; My artwork also talks about the state of in-between. I am originally from Colombia, and I came to the US when I was 18. As an immigrant, I feel misplaced in this Country, but I feel like I don’t belong there anymore when I go back to my birth town. My artwork uses transparency to reflect this in-between space. As an immigrant, the feeling of displacement is constant. I use the visual language of architecture and transparency to show the feeling of being out of place. <img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a468868f3caf55743434d84ecce0342a767a0f4d986433276244b4fa66c8be6a/DSCF8438.jpg" data-mid="88542114" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a468868f3caf55743434d84ecce0342a767a0f4d986433276244b4fa66c8be6a/DSCF8438.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a655f33ee7e7b225d89ce2d76de4caa200653fb660214e8e257b3485edacd934/DSCF8405-HDR.jpg" data-mid="88542100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a655f33ee7e7b225d89ce2d76de4caa200653fb660214e8e257b3485edacd934/DSCF8405-HDR.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84b3cf981bb5aca213d50ff5f7d53ccbf6d7a7c65ceb34c0475db5aced34ce7c/DSCF8465.jpg" data-mid="88542123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84b3cf981bb5aca213d50ff5f7d53ccbf6d7a7c65ceb34c0475db5aced34ce7c/DSCF8465.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fe02644cddbf3d5836b6d2d81855b3a22be478367e764af458dd457e7659bb2/DSCF8409.jpg" data-mid="88542101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6fe02644cddbf3d5836b6d2d81855b3a22be478367e764af458dd457e7659bb2/DSCF8409.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/563200b006df86b2f64fca24d9e06e0ec9b383b3575980d7b9b1448d70847e98/DSCF8446.jpg" data-mid="88542117" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/563200b006df86b2f64fca24d9e06e0ec9b383b3575980d7b9b1448d70847e98/DSCF8446.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc5bdc3bf5033e910f09275e7a158c9980041183eed40eee7a4922067f5a278d/DSCF8437.jpg" data-mid="88542109" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc5bdc3bf5033e910f09275e7a158c9980041183eed40eee7a4922067f5a278d/DSCF8437.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3df5df709e2b1127df0ca329c229294ce52fbaebd1e7ee7ba89d5f4b542e6e09/DSCF8431.jpg" data-mid="88542108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3df5df709e2b1127df0ca329c229294ce52fbaebd1e7ee7ba89d5f4b542e6e09/DSCF8431.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd8921fe8531fc51e6fff2c37532d20b05d4e598d59ba3f649b3c3a3e58a8953/DSCF8458.jpg" data-mid="88542121" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd8921fe8531fc51e6fff2c37532d20b05d4e598d59ba3f649b3c3a3e58a8953/DSCF8458.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebc8140e566a4b6c4790dc4a674e5d8ae2efed4d5fb0cda002ed4773f78a04a1/DSCF8453.jpg" data-mid="88542118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebc8140e566a4b6c4790dc4a674e5d8ae2efed4d5fb0cda002ed4773f78a04a1/DSCF8453.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d30cebf4b9e45c4c7a7f1267b376f15251a4e6e8071dd153c839088571f3bd1e/DSCF8419.jpg" data-mid="88542105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d30cebf4b9e45c4c7a7f1267b376f15251a4e6e8071dd153c839088571f3bd1e/DSCF8419.jpg" /> Photos by Matthew Roberts https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Smiling-Left-Right-and-All-Over Sat, 06 Feb 2021 05:00:32 +0000 Fresh As Fruit https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Smiling-Left-Right-and-All-Over Smiling Left, Right, and All Over Eric Anthony Berdis Derived from childhood fantasies Eric Anthony Berdis’ work explores the metamorphosis of a becoming. Set among plush objects and phallic faux-fur sculptures, Berdis transforms into a nonviolent homophobia fighting superhero. Their performance seeks to simulate the jarring experience of being stereotyped while simultaneously examining the ways we navigate towards and create safe spaces. Loud sequined materials are reassembled as uniforms for a dystopic queer world. Each object holds a peculiar function, none of which are to clothe the body or to cover uncomfortable truths. With unrelenting confrontation with the audience, they make the viewer a mirror, and forces one to reckon with their own reactions to what has been crafted as both a worst nightmare and best fantasy. Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, they received their BFA from Slippery Rock University in 2013. In 2016, they were awarded the opportunity to study at Tyler School of Art in the Fibers &amp; Material Studies Department, this opportunity changes the trajectory of his marking and career and he is grateful for that. Eric has gone on to receiving his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Eric has had solo exhibitions at Random Access Gallery, in Syracuse, New York, Practice Gallery Philadelphia, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh and Project 1612 in Peoria, Illinois, and most recently the University Galleries at Illinois State University. See more of Eric’s work at&nbsp;https://ericanthonyberdis.com/ <img width="2550" height="3300" width_o="2550" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44d33ce97b8aea78d84b0794fef71a86d17bfe9b57974ceb67baaba6f0200dfa/smiling_left_right-01.jpg" data-mid="97963302" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44d33ce97b8aea78d84b0794fef71a86d17bfe9b57974ceb67baaba6f0200dfa/smiling_left_right-01.jpg" /> <img width="2268" height="4032" width_o="2268" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91db487b07e30a1939f53800057fdaeedeea861273a3766f2d53eeafaf9d9999/PXL_20210129_235059106.PORTRAIT.jpg" data-mid="97963277" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91db487b07e30a1939f53800057fdaeedeea861273a3766f2d53eeafaf9d9999/PXL_20210129_235059106.PORTRAIT.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="2268" width_o="4032" height_o="2268" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/336c4ce70c34aa0a5abaf9045cbc3862cf4eaf0ec521d852ec6fe7eb12a68406/DSCF8730.jpg" data-mid="97963014" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/336c4ce70c34aa0a5abaf9045cbc3862cf4eaf0ec521d852ec6fe7eb12a68406/DSCF8730.jpg" /> <img width="1962" height="2119" width_o="1962" height_o="2119" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eddac2073263af4e71af3ea3938c94e9b14c8b2b1704bf206718d77630af1ec7/IMG_8930.jpg" data-mid="97963548" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eddac2073263af4e71af3ea3938c94e9b14c8b2b1704bf206718d77630af1ec7/IMG_8930.jpg" /> <img width="1692" height="2438" width_o="1692" height_o="2438" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0820188051c51cec1d0139d75cb47315f93370d2a1912cd3064d4eda852c44f/IMG_8926.jpg" data-mid="97963639" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0820188051c51cec1d0139d75cb47315f93370d2a1912cd3064d4eda852c44f/IMG_8926.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="2268" width_o="4032" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c343e2397ea0eb470087a258e047b81a150fa0b8fa0d495c785327220a0d4293/PXL_20210130_004859616.jpg" data-mid="97963279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c343e2397ea0eb470087a258e047b81a150fa0b8fa0d495c785327220a0d4293/PXL_20210130_004859616.jpg" /> Photos by Matthew Roberts (3-10) https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Yours-Mine-Ours Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:08:32 +0000 Fresh As Fruit https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Yours-Mine-Ours Yours, Mine, Ours Monika Meler The Anthropocene series postulates that humans can only love that which they touch, build, or are responsible for making.&nbsp; There is clearly a contradiction between what is valuable and what humans value and this contradiction is what defines the Anthropocene, the geological term for the age of humans, or more specifically the impact the humans have had on the earth especially through global warming, industrialization, and colonization. My current body of work attempts to explore this contradiction. Through the incorporation of shapes that resemble rocks, pieces of earth, or natural forms and images that were made from domestic objects intended to imitate nature, I am exploring the root of the problem of “value,” in its many manifestations and forms.&nbsp; I am interested in examining how we value the objects in our homes that are meant to mimic or celebrate nature while actual natural environments are left to perish. See more of Monica’s work at monikameler.viewbook.com/ <img width="2550" height="3300" width_o="2550" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a5d46e9db4cd2cdd11e9e04b0943a2a7a0fbbdd566c7a20c2278fadb04b5698/Monika_Meler-inverted.jpg" data-mid="99641922" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a5d46e9db4cd2cdd11e9e04b0943a2a7a0fbbdd566c7a20c2278fadb04b5698/Monika_Meler-inverted.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a231b27bb9443be5b35cb411430f1ec28af3e4d8a513d05c538137c6cc01fed2/DSCF8804.jpg" data-mid="99636492" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a231b27bb9443be5b35cb411430f1ec28af3e4d8a513d05c538137c6cc01fed2/DSCF8804.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b931e7a9fc08c4d22286a8fc508e3a34782f5f84ed0a21f7a518edf0d1cb9c68/DSCF8800.jpg" data-mid="99636621" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b931e7a9fc08c4d22286a8fc508e3a34782f5f84ed0a21f7a518edf0d1cb9c68/DSCF8800.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72230949628ad9d295cf39db5a0ab576c434be8e1dcaa28a6c09b230c0081816/DSCF8806.jpg" data-mid="99636622" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72230949628ad9d295cf39db5a0ab576c434be8e1dcaa28a6c09b230c0081816/DSCF8806.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dad3fe7d6251cd77c6c328cd1d776fc1d9ca0414e66d3189cd06f68e454bc44e/DSCF8779.jpg" data-mid="99636533" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dad3fe7d6251cd77c6c328cd1d776fc1d9ca0414e66d3189cd06f68e454bc44e/DSCF8779.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce0af51d42c1b33b8b285e305ce75007a8e1a8b17e1e9aa6de330bd8a23a8c08/DSCF8794.jpg" data-mid="99636523" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce0af51d42c1b33b8b285e305ce75007a8e1a8b17e1e9aa6de330bd8a23a8c08/DSCF8794.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a367fa2aa3fc720f4be75feeca62acfe4b7fdcc9edf4a4dfbac17033020deca1/DSCF8764.jpg" data-mid="99636651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a367fa2aa3fc720f4be75feeca62acfe4b7fdcc9edf4a4dfbac17033020deca1/DSCF8764.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e7c995eb279ae9d1c93d4d274054f9764b76afe5874ec5ec7bacabe97f95f65/DSCF8785.jpg" data-mid="99641788" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e7c995eb279ae9d1c93d4d274054f9764b76afe5874ec5ec7bacabe97f95f65/DSCF8785.jpg" /> Photos by Matthew Roberts https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Tear-Down-the-Veil-of-Dark-Matter-and-Make-Something-to-Wear Sat, 29 Jan 2022 04:54:55 +0000 Fresh As Fruit https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Tear-Down-the-Veil-of-Dark-Matter-and-Make-Something-to-Wear Yours, Mine, Ours Monika Meler The Anthropocene series postulates that humans can only love that which they touch, build, or are responsible for making.&nbsp; There is clearly a contradiction between what is valuable and what humans value and this contradiction is what defines the Anthropocene, the geological term for the age of humans, or more specifically the impact the humans have had on the earth especially through global warming, industrialization, and colonization. My current body of work attempts to explore this contradiction. Through the incorporation of shapes that resemble rocks, pieces of earth, or natural forms and images that were made from domestic objects intended to imitate nature, I am exploring the root of the problem of “value,” in its many manifestations and forms.&nbsp; I am interested in examining how we value the objects in our homes that are meant to mimic or celebrate nature while actual natural environments are left to perish. See more of Monica’s work at monikameler.viewbook.com/ <img width="2550" height="3300" width_o="2550" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a5d46e9db4cd2cdd11e9e04b0943a2a7a0fbbdd566c7a20c2278fadb04b5698/Monika_Meler-inverted.jpg" data-mid="131815749" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a5d46e9db4cd2cdd11e9e04b0943a2a7a0fbbdd566c7a20c2278fadb04b5698/Monika_Meler-inverted.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a231b27bb9443be5b35cb411430f1ec28af3e4d8a513d05c538137c6cc01fed2/DSCF8804.jpg" data-mid="131815740" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a231b27bb9443be5b35cb411430f1ec28af3e4d8a513d05c538137c6cc01fed2/DSCF8804.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b931e7a9fc08c4d22286a8fc508e3a34782f5f84ed0a21f7a518edf0d1cb9c68/DSCF8800.jpg" data-mid="131815745" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b931e7a9fc08c4d22286a8fc508e3a34782f5f84ed0a21f7a518edf0d1cb9c68/DSCF8800.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72230949628ad9d295cf39db5a0ab576c434be8e1dcaa28a6c09b230c0081816/DSCF8806.jpg" data-mid="131815746" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72230949628ad9d295cf39db5a0ab576c434be8e1dcaa28a6c09b230c0081816/DSCF8806.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dad3fe7d6251cd77c6c328cd1d776fc1d9ca0414e66d3189cd06f68e454bc44e/DSCF8779.jpg" data-mid="131815743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dad3fe7d6251cd77c6c328cd1d776fc1d9ca0414e66d3189cd06f68e454bc44e/DSCF8779.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce0af51d42c1b33b8b285e305ce75007a8e1a8b17e1e9aa6de330bd8a23a8c08/DSCF8794.jpg" data-mid="131815741" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce0af51d42c1b33b8b285e305ce75007a8e1a8b17e1e9aa6de330bd8a23a8c08/DSCF8794.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a367fa2aa3fc720f4be75feeca62acfe4b7fdcc9edf4a4dfbac17033020deca1/DSCF8764.jpg" data-mid="131815747" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a367fa2aa3fc720f4be75feeca62acfe4b7fdcc9edf4a4dfbac17033020deca1/DSCF8764.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e7c995eb279ae9d1c93d4d274054f9764b76afe5874ec5ec7bacabe97f95f65/DSCF8785.jpg" data-mid="131815748" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e7c995eb279ae9d1c93d4d274054f9764b76afe5874ec5ec7bacabe97f95f65/DSCF8785.jpg" /> Photos by Matthew Roberts https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Threshold Sat, 29 Jan 2022 03:29:24 +0000 Fresh As Fruit https://freshasfruit.cargo.site/Threshold Threshold 1 : the plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies under a door : SILL2a : GATE, DOOR &nbsp; b(1) : END: , BOUNDARY specifically : the end of a runway &nbsp; &nbsp; (2) : the place or point of entering or beginning : OUTSET // on the threshold of a new age 3a : the point at which a physiological or psychological effect begins to be produced // has a high threshold for pain &nbsp; b : a level, point, or value above which something is true or will take place and below which it is not or will not. -- Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online Ashley Ortiz-Diaz This exhibition is a continuation of works based on the study of Zion Cemetery in Tampa, Florida. The works of and on paper use abstraction to acknowledge the historical Black cemetery that was found underneath a public housing complex, and the many other ways Black people are disappeared. For more details on Zion Cemetery, follow this link. The Covid-19 pandemic and the uprising against police brutality in the Summer of 2020 have made clear how the vanishing of Black people happens at multiple points: in history, and the ways we remember it, in life, and the breath we are allowed, and in minds and the trauma we inherit. Because of this, our nation is that of hollowed-out landscapes where even at rest, Black people have not been allowed to exist. The work aims to take a painful story, and lay it down with soft hands. What can we tolerate? What are the points of tension that might soon break us? The work in this installation was created with charcoal, paper, water, ink, and mylar. See more of Ashley’s work at http://www.ashleyortizdiaz.com/ <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd1b1bb438a9e61a4beec652f496b2885d1fa69531d959f407ced65fa8991540/DSCF8925.jpg" data-mid="131813121" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd1b1bb438a9e61a4beec652f496b2885d1fa69531d959f407ced65fa8991540/DSCF8925.jpg" /> <img width="2250" height="3000" width_o="2250" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cab77fd3621c2048d1ecb4fc5b7bb16933887ed8ab315283d503ec8d99665fc5/DSCF8907.jpg" data-mid="131813113" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cab77fd3621c2048d1ecb4fc5b7bb16933887ed8ab315283d503ec8d99665fc5/DSCF8907.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbf362e6e1da44d2e0c5f87a497f5b629e070739ed29b09ecd482e4c8ca2e9ae/DSCF8929.jpg" data-mid="131813124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbf362e6e1da44d2e0c5f87a497f5b629e070739ed29b09ecd482e4c8ca2e9ae/DSCF8929.jpg" /> <img width="2250" height="3000" width_o="2250" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b5be1dad8815738e9d1407639cba6fa9ee5b8b2a14e3d2896803acf707add18/DSCF8932-Edit.jpg" data-mid="131813127" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b5be1dad8815738e9d1407639cba6fa9ee5b8b2a14e3d2896803acf707add18/DSCF8932-Edit.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f641af8647650b1bd7e07eb091ba69d72a5028e14bd3e7b232e7823f43877ce/DSCF8936-Edit.jpg" data-mid="131813128" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f641af8647650b1bd7e07eb091ba69d72a5028e14bd3e7b232e7823f43877ce/DSCF8936-Edit.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41efac6c54d302d2bca05e5c31f3d77b1e542229b14455a24a5dbaa5f91acfc2/DSCF8920.jpg" data-mid="131813118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41efac6c54d302d2bca05e5c31f3d77b1e542229b14455a24a5dbaa5f91acfc2/DSCF8920.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/425c75bfe3248c2cab0a081cc96db42c591af5e7476a109719b03adf98b48b17/DSCF8898.jpg" data-mid="131813108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/425c75bfe3248c2cab0a081cc96db42c591af5e7476a109719b03adf98b48b17/DSCF8898.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/634b0cb0f0cade99be815f6a18f32808b8d2a3088c290dc7ff9bd8a5e6b25750/DSCF8904.jpg" data-mid="131813111" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/634b0cb0f0cade99be815f6a18f32808b8d2a3088c290dc7ff9bd8a5e6b25750/DSCF8904.jpg" /> Photos by Matthew Roberts