Francis
Estrada
Artist
website:
www.FrancisEstrada.com
Francis Estrada was born in Manila,
Philippines in 1975. He currently
resides and works in New York City. His
most recent series of drawings explores
how identity (cultural, political, and
personal) is obscured due to
misinformation.
Based on photographs from the St.
Louis World's Fair and the early 1900's,
the drawings introduce characters devoid
of any background to further the notion
of someone's identity being taken out of
context. The figures featured in the
series consist of "natives on display"
(from the 1904 Louisiana World's Fair),
people in everyday situations, and
images from the Philippine-American war.
By drawing on a small scale and
omitting, blurring, or fading some
features, he encourages the viewer to
more closely investigate how lack of
information shapes/misshapes one's
perception of another's identity.
Selected for the 2008 Beyond The Barrelman
Exhibition
Boksingero
conte on paper
8 x 10
2008
$375
Nine Years
Before
conte on paper
8 x 10
2008
$350
To purchase any of
the jury-selected or non-selected artworks listed for sale, please contact Ray
In, exhibition sales coordinator, at (773)
419-4117 or
Sales@BeyondTheBarrelman.com. Items
marked "nfs' are not for sale.
Return to
the FEATURED ARTISTS page
for a full list of artists included in the 2008
exhibition.
Return to
the GALLERY
for a catalog of artworks selected for the
2008 exhibition.
