C U R R E N T S H O W
LARGE & HUNG explores the use of recycled—or rather upcycled—materials while challenging concepts of power and critiquing the traditions of the overwhelming visual lexicon of American culture.
– Melanie Reese, curator for
BUSHWOOD VISUALS GALLERY
at MAMA D’s SNEAKY SPEAKEASY
Juan Hinojosa
www.juanhinojosa.com | @juan_hinojosa_
Juan’s brightly constructed collages are made from recycled, found materials sculpted and drawn together to challenge the greed and excessive consumption of our daily existence.
Forgive Me, mixed media, 62" x 52", 2019, $4,000
Post-Obit, mixed media, 44"x24"x7", 2021, $2,500
Gordieh Nasseri
Gordieh’s baroque-inspired work uses minimal colors collaged together with strong, fruitful symbols of fertility that challenge the soft, feminine imagery too often favored throughout American culture.
Wombs, mixed media on wood panel, 60”x36”, 2021
Kathy Sirico
www.kathysirico.com | @moonrisekathy
Kathy’s architectural fabrics bridge the other works’ concepts by collaging together—at an overwhelming scale—seemingly countless yards of meticulously constructed, physically soft, and visually saturating materials that come together to provide a strong visual representation of feminized power within abstraction.
Portal, Acrylic and mixed media collage on canvas, faux fur, beads, yarn, vinyl, glass, 110” X 128” X 5”, 2018, $15,000