Tag: drawings

• Indias Bravas

  Per the suggestion of a fellow blogger and virtual friend, Mo, I decided to post drawings currently in the works. These drawings are part of a body of work dealing with standards of beauty. After reading Joanne Rondilla’s academic work on colorism and skin lightening amongst Filipina woman; examining and visually depicting two opposite ends […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  January 25, 2011

  Art, Visual Arts

  colorism, drawings, ellen gallagher, filipino art, indigenous, joanne rondilla, kenneth and mamie clark, pen and ink drawing, people of color, postaday2011, visual arts

• Matt Borruso, Full Spectrum Aura

  Opening night – Thursday, February 7, 2008 The minute I walked into Matt Borruso’s show, Full Spectrum Aura, at the Steve Wolf Gallery, I became surprisingly nostalgic.  I was reminded of two former classmates who resembled the subjects of Magenta and Turtleneck.  At first glance, one may be struck by the vibrant and elaborate color […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  January 19, 2010

  Art, Visual Arts

  drawings, Interpretation, Matt Borruso, Portraiture, Steve Wolf Gallery