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Artist Spotlight: Idas Losin
Fluid Boundaries: Four Artists from the Pan-Austro-Nesian Arts Festival [Transcript] Hi, I’m Idas Losin. I am both Atayal and Truku. It is a great honor for me to take part in this exhibition co-hosted by the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts and the IA&A at Hillyer gallery. In the time of the pandemic, I hope […]
Artist Spotlight: Labay Eyong
Fluid Boundaries: Four Artists from the Pan-Austro-Nesian Arts Festival [Transcript] Hi, I am Labay Eyong. I am from Truku, an indigenous tribe in Taiwan. Labay Eyong is my Truku name. My artistic creation is inspired by Truku weaving culture. I often create soft sculptures, making my art works with some weaving stuff. In this exhibition, […]
Artist Spotlight: Chang En-Man
Concept and Material Form
by Timothy Brown The ideas that inform our understanding of contemporary art are often intertwined with the materials and processes that are used to create art, as well as the content they represent. These approaches find singular expression in the work of Michael Thron, Hillary Steel, and MK Bailey. A General View of Concepts “Cogito […]
Artist Series: March Q&A
IA&A at Hillyer is proud to feature a series of newly selected DC area artists during the months of March, April, July, and August. This special group of rising artists were selected from an annual call for proposals that began in 2020. This month we are featuring artists Noah McWilliams, Mary Baum, and Liz Vorlicek. You […]
The Personal and Political Art of Anna U Davis
by Timothy Brown There is a widely-held notion that art should not be informed by politics. In this view, politics is seen as propaganda that undermines the integrity of art, which should rise above practical concerns of the state. Reality Check, an exhibition of work by Anna U Davis, challenges this perception by embracing […]
Reality Check: Interview with featured artist Anna U Davis and Tim Brown, Hillyer Director
Anna U Davis is a native of Lund, Sweden. Davis began expanding her artistic practice and developing her signature “Frocasian” characters after moving to Washington, D.C., in the 1990s. She is known for her bold, colorful mixed-media work, where she explores social inequalities. Davis is a two-time recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and […]
She Says, Her Story: Notes on the Female Gaze
by Timothy Brown, Hillyer Director The exhibition She Says, Her Story: Contemporary Women Artists from Taiwan, is an eye-opening tribute to the female gaze. The exhibition’s curator, Yu-Chuan TSENG, notes that during the nineteenth century, female artists were defined as “women in the bedroom.” This patriarchal view of the “male gaze” depicts women as passive rather […]
She Says, Her Story: Q&A with Curator Yu-Chuan TSENG
Artist, curator, and academic, Yu-Chuan TSENG is a pioneer digital artist who has been pondering the status of human existence in the digital age since 1998. She is currently the Professor of the Department of Public Relations and Advertising, Shih Hsin University and Chairperson of the Taiwan Information Design, Art, Technology, Education Association. Many significant media art […]