Sunday, June 16, 2019

RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
Martine Gutierrez's "Demons, Xochiquetzal ‘Flower Quetzal Feather,’ p95," (2018); C-print mounted on Sintra, hand-painted artist frame, 39 x 27 inches, Edition of 8
Do men get glamorous pedicures? What goddess told you that? Martine Gutierrez, a trans-Latinx photographer, is the queen of glamorous creations that subvert conventional boundaries. Inspired by a Guatemalan goddess, her self-portrait, "Demons, Xochiquetzal 'Flower Quetzal Feather,' pg 85" is in an upcoming show "Be Seen: Portrait Photography Since Stonewall" at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. We push boundaries by painting our toenails for Pride Month, but glamour makes Martine Gutierrez our artist of the week.

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Greg's first toenail polishing celebrates Pride Month 2019.
Ernest's sencond pedicure is a touch-up fpr those baby blues 
New Bombas socks in bably blue are perfect for Ernest's preference for all-things blue.
Ernest's first day walking in street shoes. It wasn't wonderful on hte back of the heel, but it wasnt bad so it's progress.
Ernest's co-panelists at Louisville's Fund for the Arts visit local gallery during Pride Week.