A collection of current work by Queens, NY-based artist Santiago Galeas. Primarily centered on making portraits of queer individuals in his neighborhood, Galeas describes the intimacy between him and his topics: “A lot of the content material of the work depends on how a lot the topic is keen to present me in our conversations and after they pose for me. After which, as I begin portray these, the portraits change into an expression of myself too—how a lot of myself am I capable of finding of their story, and the way do I visualize it?”
Galeas’ observe includes analysis about vegetation and animals particular to his personal ancestral nations of origin, or these of his topics. Every pure ingredient that seems in his work has a deliberate ecological or cultural affiliation that contributes to the portray’s theme. He elaborates: “Usually I’m reimagining shiny, tropical vegetation in unlikely North American landscapes, utilizing coloration concord and compositional parts that create a web site of belonging for these vegetation together with the determine.”
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