ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By
Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
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| Devan Shimoyama's "Daphne's Prayer” (2016) |
On Saturday, we celebrated Ernest’s first weeks of walking, since February’s
foot injury, with a pedicure and baby blue toenails. He loves it, but this statement of faith, race, and queerness is better expressed in the glittery paintings of Philadelphia-born artist
Devan Shimoyama. In his mythological self-portraits like “Daphne's Prayer,” with her eight eyes, the artist both startles and reveres. A solo show of Devan Shimoyama’s allegorical collages recently closed at the
Andy Warhol Museum. Buying the
catalog makes Devan Shimoyama our
artist of the week.
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| Ernest Disney-Britton's pedicured toenails in baby blue |
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| "Devan Shimoyama: Cry, Baby," a catalog published with the exhibition "Devan Shimoyama: Cry, Baby." Hardcover, 100 pages, 60+ illustrations; Published by The Andy Warhol Museum, 2018 |
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| Devan Shimoyama: Midnight Rumination, 2019 |
