AV Rankin Archival _ 2024 BCC Student Work

The Spaces B e t w e e n

The concept ‘the spaces between’ or nepantla acknowledges that this in-between or third condition, which emerges between two fixed states, can be a source of pain and othering, and a wellspring of strength and innovation.

The idea that maps tell stories and convey subjective ideas about the world, often far beyond mere facts, which, drawing inspiration from Uruguayan constructivist artist Joaquín Torres García, situate the Global South at the top. Alongside the Star Maps series, which depict the night sky at specific locations and times, these unexpected presentations of place pluralize the narratives that maps convey, disorienting viewers and opening new possibilities for considering the world and our place in it.

...that's one of the first maps that I made with the South at the top. Which is a direct homage to Joaquín Torres-García, because I'm from Uruguay, and so this map of South America with the South at the top is ubiquitous.

I guess I just had really internalized it

Trueque 96”x96”

Tropic of Cancer 5”x7”

Old Midsummer 94”x94”

Umbrian Moonrise 16”x16”

Kung Fu Funeral 96”x96”

Tarantula Nebula 16”x16”

Orion Sporran 12”x12”

Westerlund 20”x20”

The World According to Fishes 94”x94”

Blockchain Bootstrap 94”x120”

Nepantla is the ‘transitional, in-between space or moments of crisis that are a part of any process of potential change...and transformative knowledge.”

firefirefleshplanet 15x15

I guess I would say, become the master of whatever you are seeking to conquer, so you can, let it free, you know?

hawaiifleshplanet 15x15

perfectlyhappyfleshplanet 15x15

Gondwana Reigns 78”x120”

But then I always thinking about this idea of, you know, we're all the immigrants, we're all settlers, and honestly, what places on this planet are left that are currently inhabited by people who are from there and unchanged? They are a precious few.

You're neither here nor there, but you're in both and it gives you the perspective for both places.

Forest Futures Growth 8’x5’

Everybody Now 60”x60”

...you think of the sphere that we live on, it is really a planet in space and space is a void. So there's no North. There's no south.It's a sphere in a void.

Our planet is precious, think about how many things we've done to it.

It is not fragile, but it is precious.

Warm Acid Bath 8’x6’

El Sur

120”x94”

...if you are male and white, you can make art about anything you want.

And I was like, I'm gonna make art about anything I want, and I'm gonna not address the fact that I am wh atev er .

Midnight Swim in May 112”x94”

Benefit Dinner Plates

96”x112”

Sail

2016

Moth Nebula 20”x20”

Tulip Nebula 20”x20”

Bubble Nebula 20”x20”

Xe Artista A graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Temple University, Rankin lives and works in Philadelphia. She has exhibited extensively including at PhilaMOCA, PA; Rowan University Art Gallery, NJ; The Gallery at Instituto Cervantes, IL; and Bickett Gallery, NC. Rankin’s work is held in numerous private and public collections, including Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Brandywine River Museum of Art, Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Brooklyn Art Library, and Print Council of Australia.

Graduada de Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts y de Temple University, Rankin vive y trabaja en Philadelphia. Ha expuesto extensamente incluyendo en PhilaMOCA, PA; Rowan University Art Gallery, NJ; The Gallery en el Instituto Cervantes, IL; y Bickett Gallery, NC. La obra de Rankin se encuentra en numerosas colecciones públicas y privadas, incluyendo en Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Brandywine River Museum of Art, Fundación Cultural para las Artes de Uruguay, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Brooklyn Art Library, y Print Council of Australia. *nota sobre la traducción: utilizar “el artista” es la preferencia del artista