The artist reminds us that maps advance the fiction that we could treat the earth as an object to be measured, cut up, and extracted from without consequences.
In the studio with the Dominican-born, New York-based artist Firelei Báez as she prepares for a flurry of upcoming fall shows.
In her polychrome murals, the Dominican artist revives forgotten images and depicts remarkable women. Roxana Fabius examines a recent exhibition by Firelei Báez for Contemporary And (C&) América Latina.
Abstraction, for Firelei Báez, is like a map legend, a system designed to help the viewer navigate the worlds she envisions
Firelei Báez - "How To Slip Out Of Your Body Quietly". Original Museum Poster. Dimensions: W: 59.4 cm H: 84.1cm In mint condition, never been framed. Discover great deals and an expanded product range on our website: www.TheArtAndChaos.com We ship worldwide fully insured with tracking number. If your country is not listed, please contact us for a shipping quote.
Abstraction, for Firelei Báez, is like a map legend, a system designed to help the viewer navigate the worlds she envisions
Amber J. Phillips examines the works of Firelei Báez and Tschabalala Self as part of “Black to Black,” a supplement guest-edited by Roxane Gay for the Winter 2022 issue of the Quarterly.
Last Sunday before heading to the airport Bill K, Julia Gfrӧrer and I walked from the Book Fair over to the Perez Art Museum of Miami. Arriving under it's roof just as the skies opened up in a momentary squall. Miami is unlike most other US cities in many ways, but in particular it feels much closer to Latin America than to the majority Anglo cities I usually inhabit. The usual categories and hierarchies of class and race and cultural niche just don't seem to apply there in quite the ways one is used to in Chicago or New York, San Francisco or Minneapolis. There is as much Spanish being spoken on the streets as English and the English is, likely as not, accented with Spanish and Creole. It's refreshing. The Perez Museum reflects this difference. For one thing the work seemed to reflect more social and political consciousness than its sister institutions around the country generally do. That can of course be a good or a bad thing depending on the artist. There were a lot of romantic and nostalgic stacks of dusty old found objects, for example, meant to evoke lost innocence and absence. But there was also Firelei Báez. The time spent among her drawings were a highlight of the trip, and a revelation. The first two images are life-size figures drawn and painted in gouache and watercolor on giant sheets of paper: The rest are from this giant conglomeration of small drawings, most on found paper or with collaged bits:
Abstraction, for Firelei Báez, is like a map legend, a system designed to help the viewer navigate the worlds she envisions
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The artist reminds us that maps advance the fiction that we could treat the earth as an object to be measured, cut up, and extracted from without consequences.
Abstraction, for Firelei Báez, is like a map legend, a system designed to help the viewer navigate the worlds she envisions
Last Sunday before heading to the airport Bill K, Julia Gfrӧrer and I walked from the Book Fair over to the Perez Art Museum of Miami. Arriving under it's roof just as the skies opened up in a momentary squall. Miami is unlike most other US cities in many ways, but in particular it feels much closer to Latin America than to the majority Anglo cities I usually inhabit. The usual categories and hierarchies of class and race and cultural niche just don't seem to apply there in quite the ways one is used to in Chicago or New York, San Francisco or Minneapolis. There is as much Spanish being spoken on the streets as English and the English is, likely as not, accented with Spanish and Creole. It's refreshing. The Perez Museum reflects this difference. For one thing the work seemed to reflect more social and political consciousness than its sister institutions around the country generally do. That can of course be a good or a bad thing depending on the artist. There were a lot of romantic and nostalgic stacks of dusty old found objects, for example, meant to evoke lost innocence and absence. But there was also Firelei Báez. The time spent among her drawings were a highlight of the trip, and a revelation. The first two images are life-size figures drawn and painted in gouache and watercolor on giant sheets of paper: The rest are from this giant conglomeration of small drawings, most on found paper or with collaged bits:
See art from Public Art Fund's New York City exhibition, featuring work by Firelei Báez, Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Emily Mae Smith, more.
Firelei Baez blends an array of techniques and materials to explore culture and femininity. Often using the figurative form as a base, she subverts the viewers’ expectations by implementing several textures, patterns, and materials. The artist says that her massive, meticulously crafted works on paper are "intrinsically indebted to a rigorous studio practice." Baez was last mentioned on HiFructose.com here.
Firelei Báez - "Encyclopedia Of Gestures ". Original Museum Poster. Dimensions: 59.4 cm x 84.1cm In mint condition, never been framed. Discover great deals and an expanded product range on our website: www.TheArtAndChaos.com We ship worldwide fully insured with tracking number. If your country is not listed, please contact us for a shipping quote.
The artist reminds us that maps advance the fiction that we could treat the earth as an object to be measured, cut up, and extracted from without consequences.
In the studio with the Dominican-born, New York-based artist Firelei Báez as she prepares for a flurry of upcoming fall shows.
Abstraction, for Firelei Báez, is like a map legend, a system designed to help the viewer navigate the worlds she envisions