#elia alba

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Larry Levan Live! (2006-2016) by Elia Alba.

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Larry Levan Live! (2006-2016) by Elia Alba

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Chitra Ganesh on the Shape-Shifting Commentary of an Artist

Shreya Ajmani: How did you begin your practice?

Chitra Ganesh: I was fortunate that my parents always encouraged my interest in art, but the prospect of becoming a professional artist seemed impossible to me. Growing up, there was no one in our community who was a practising artist whom I could access as a role model. This changed on becoming involved with the South Asian Women's Creative Collective in the late 1990s and meeting other South Asians who were interested in the arts, some in a professional capacity. My mother also passed away around this time and I started working part-time and making paintings in my apartment.  

Excerpt from Chitra Ganesh’s interview.

Text by Shreya Ajmani

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Elia Alba( c ) Danu (2013), I photo-transferred images of my torso, skin and face onto fabric and made myself into a pair of dolls with webbed feet and hands. I photographed these dolls on top of a coral reef in Mexico's Tankah Bay on the Yucatan peninsula. The series references mythologies informed by The Danu, water goddesses in both Celtic and Hindu mythologies, Yemalla, orisha who represents the ocean, as well as my fascination with Bratz dolls (I secretly have over 100 of them, well I guess its out now!).

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Elia Alba (b. 1962)

Busts (Jayson), 2009.

Photo transfer on fabric, acrylic, thread, metal armature; Life size.