Horizons and Orientations

A painting on canvas. The background of the painting has horizontal and vertical red and blue lines crossing each other. In the center, a large splotch of blue is surrounded by a translucent red. Overlapping the blue are white lines and chaotic splatters of paint. A thin red semi-circle is in the bottom left corner. Thinner black lines segment the piece angularly.

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In Collections: Creativity in the Time of COVID-19

Copyright Status: In Copyright

Date: 2019/2022

Artists: Monzón, Valeria Cárdenas

Subjects: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , in art

Material Type: Mixed media works
Paintings (visual works)

Language: No linguistic content

Extent: 1 mixed media painting

Genre Note: Watercolor, acrylic, glue, and oil

Exhibit Label: What is your relationship to paint? What's the difference between the act of painting and the ability to paint? "Horizons and Orientations" is an exploration of the expression, orientation, and sensation of painting during the pandemic. This piece explores how one can carry out a creative, experimental painting process while being shut in, as large artistic formats become challenging in small, confined spaces. This work began as a wrenching, instinctive expression where the very materiality of the paint was guiding me. What was initially an overflowing experiment in a sea of expression was transformed into a medium for dialogue. The pandemic gave me total autonomy over my body and a sense of confidence through a process of self-knowledge and experimentation; we do not know who our bodies truly are until we are alone with them. --Label design by exhibit curator Nancy DeJoy. Labels written by Ben Lash and his team in consultation with artist statements.

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