THE FOCUS

The Latin word for ‘text’, textum means ‘something woven’, a web. Webs, nets, texts, motifs, and screens are objects used to catch, hold, contain, and connect objects, beings, and environments while remaining as permeable as possible. I am interested in ways in which drawing and painting can weave multiple ideas, perspectives, and narratives into nets or webs that can hold a viewer in a space of visual mystification in ways that allow them to question their current position in the world....

We'd like to officially congratulate the 14 artists that were most recently selected by our Registry Advisory Committee to join the Locate Arts Artist Registry. Check out their work below! MOLLY BARNES DWAYNE BUTCHER SYDNI GAUSE HOLLY MAILEY KELLY PAULA KOVARIK MARY LAUBE MARK MCLEOD ERICA MENDOZA GARY MONROE CARL E. MOORE SISAVANH PHOUTHAVONG-HOUGHTON ALEXANDRA SUTTON AGGIE TOPPINS CODY TUMBLIN

There are two important themes in my photographic work. The first is the evolving relationship between memory in contemporary culture and the technologies of photographic image production. I examine photographic representation of specific political and cultural histories. These representations include photographic archives and related artifacts, which I treat as material to produce new images and installations. The second theme is an effort to challenge traditional modes of photographic representation. The goal is to explore the photographic image beyond its frame,...