5/12/2023
WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART
SENIOR STUDIO CAPSTONE
WORK FEATURED IN INDOOR RECESS, THE CULMINATING EXHIBITION OF WORK BY THE STUDIO ART CLASS OF 2023 HONORS COHORT. 


CRUZ’S STUDIO WORK TRAVERSES HER INTERSECTIONAL LIVED EXPERIENCE TO EXPLORE HOW IDENTITY CAN BE A SUBJECT OF CONFUSION AND, FOR THE ARTIST, A FIXATION. IN A WORLD THAT CELEBRATES CATEGORIES, CRUZ HAS TROUBLE VIEWING HER POSITIONALITY AS A COHESIVE AND STABLE WHOLE, SINCE HER SENSE OF HERITAGE, SEXUALITY, AND BELONGING FINDS ROOT IN DISTANT AND FLUID MEMORIES. HER WORK ABSORBS AND DISTILLS HER EXPERIENCE OF INTROSPECTION, WHERE LAYERED MESH EVOKES NOSTALGIA AND INTERNAL SITES OF CONTRADICTION AND RECONCILIATION.




2023DON’T SINK!

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WIRE, SAFETY PINS, INSECT NETTING

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LOOK BACK. WHAT DO YOU SEE? WHAT IS LOST? SEARCH, BUT DON’T SINK!




DON’T SINK! WAS REPURPOSED INTO AN OUTDOOR CAT PATIO AND A CHICKEN COOP.




2023THE CLOSER I AM

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INSECT NETTING, STAINLESS STEEL SCREEN, METALLIC PAPER, HOT-MELT ADHESIVE FRAME BY FRAME, BETWEEN MESH PLANES, A DOT ORBITS AN X. THE GRADATED SEQUENCE CREATES A SENSE OF ANTICIPATION AND SUBSEQUENT DISTANCE.