Eve, Oil on canvas. 26 x 38.
@noa_aleman | Traditional western figurative paintings are riddled with colonial body standards enforcing the gender binary. Just by inhabiting space, Eve confronts the viewer with the actual reality that transgender humans are a protest against the patriarchal roles established by colonization. Her body emerges from the soil growing as tall as the trees. Neither from the rib of Adam nor the hand of god. Her eyes are closed as she experiences the bliss of existing. Her knowledge knows no bounds from the tree of life. Hidden amongst the ferns we bask in her beauty and light. The garden is our home, our womb, our sacred temple that thrives off diversity.
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Exhibition Artists | Giovanna Aguirre-Peresson • Noa Alemán • Lex Applewhite • Danielle Arend • Bria Bridges • Luis Carrasco • Katie Cercone • San Chen • Juana Duran Charicata • Jason Guzman • Insidious Studios • Akira Iyashikei • Tai Kojro-Badziak • Kevin C. Lawler • Sara Laureano • Sunshine Lombre • Catherine (Yiwen) Lyu • Lisa Mannion • Victor Manuel Manzo Meneses • Dani Massey • Cara Mastanduno • Toni Maugeri • Mark Nelson • Earica Parrish • Gabriel Patti • Luna Rail • Maria Requena • Amyia Ross • Evelyn Rubi Hernandez • Kaltra Seferi • Zelda Jane Thorn • Hope Wood • Araceli Zuniga