Feminist Spaces Summer 2023

Artist Statements “Venus Lives” (and others) by Sandra Cavanagh Maintaining a consistent practice, Sandra Cavanagh has developed a large portfolio of work including paintings, drawings and prints. She sustains a mostly narrative focus, often as a reaction to sociopolitical events with the intention of codifying ideas and feelings. Within this development, various subjects recur, such as the mythological feminine, as a vehicle to explore patriarchal brutality and its weight on the collective, the consideration of mortality and the loss of innocence in transgenerational stories, and visceral reactions both to memories and events of current general concern. She often worked in series creating pictorial storylines with some urgency to exhaust the subject and form to the point of understanding or unburdening herself of it. The result is an annotation of feelings underscoring a dramatic approach to form and message.

“Train Surfers” and “Purple Night” (cover art) by Rodion Voskresenskii Rodion’s artwork is a unique blend of figurative subjects surrounded by long-lasting emotional sequences and a deeply sensual environment containing both real and fictional objects. His goal is to convey his emotional experience and sense of the moment to the viewer, utilizing visual means and ideas of romanticism, modernism, and impressionism. The genres of interest to him are primarily portrait and the naked human form. His artistic philosophy is rooted in the belief that beauty is closely related to naturalness and simplicity. “ə’sumptions” by Jodi Brewer Through her artistic exploration, Jodi Brewer has come to real160