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Perez-Mendez: Upstairs/Downstairs at the Encantada

The plan for the Hotel Encantada, from Roxana Perez-Mendez’s installation, Encantada, at the Painted Bride This First Friday, we wandered and circled rather aimlessly for most of the time, but we were good and focused at the Painted Bride when we looked at Roxana Perez-Mendez’ Encantada, a tongue-in-cheek display of plans for the tallest hotel in Puerto Rico. Perez-Mendez’s art has been about her own Puerto Rican identity right from the first work we saw by her at Temple Gallery a couple of years ago in Mixmaster Universe. We’ve seen her as the first Puerto Rican astronaut in space, painting ... More » »

Minty fresh as paint at Vox

by Anita Allyn I don’t have time to write a real post, but I wanted to squeeze in a word about Minty at Vox. It’s the new members group show, that includes a returning member, M.Ho, as well as truly new members Anita Allyn, Leah Bailis, Micah Danges, Sarah Gamble, M. Ho, Roxana Perez-Mendez and Joseph Protheroe. All the work looked pretty snappy, but Anita Allyn’s video installation and mural were what I brought home with me in mind, a wall supergraphic of a sunset and road with a video inset where the sun would be. The video is a ... More » »