An Interview with Chloe Chiasson and BANKS
Writer Ricky Amadour speaks with artists Chloe Chiasson and BANKS on their recent side-by-side exhibitions at the UTA Artist Space in Los Angeles. In Bird on a Wire, Chiasson assembles large-scale sculptural paintings that provide introspection into her upbringing in Texas and the many idiosyncracies of queer life in a small rural town. BANKS shares drawings and poems from her book, Generations of Women from the Moon (2019), which are letters to her younger self. Discussed are the themes of womanhood, the representation of the human body, and the preservation of queer history.
Review: Manny Castro’s Stormscape at UTA Artist Space
Taking inspiration from the land and sea, Castro creates a multi-sensory environment for the audience with the heavy thematics of emigration, invisibility amongst communities of color, and the traumatic undertakings of Cuban exiles.