Curatorial Rationale

Capturing different perspectives of an object can alter the final image and create a new meaning for the object. One of the initial topics that I explored is the use of illusions and overlooked perspectives. This idea was developed from my own interest in re-examining simple objects surrounding me throughout the day. I began by taking experimental pictures, focusing my attention on capturing sights that are not usually displayed in an abundance to people. Some materials used to create my artwork are simple objects that I use throughout my daily life. With these objects, the topic of overlooked perspectives arises into my exhibition because similar objects used by many people aren’t being viewed from a different perspective, physical or symbolic.

The subject matter in my photographs have a significant impact in my exhibition as a whole. In one of my first artworks that I created, called Stripes, the artwork displays the use of two shirts of identical design. When placed together with minimal lighting, the shirts create a completely different view on clothing and perspective for the audience to see. The endless pattern created with the two shirts demonstrates the use of ordinary objects to create unordinary visuals that the objects aren’t usually associated directly with. Similarly to Stripes, I continued to explore optical illusions in everyday objects in Maze, which shows nature, specifically the season of winter, and creates an unordinary view of the landscape. By shifting my point of view, I am able to demonstrate an image of the plants in a way that creates emphasis on the endless maze-like path in the center of the photograph. Both of these photographs contain the similar objective of displaying overlooked images and perspectives, although both don’t demonstrate a similar subject matter.

Next I decided to explore objects and images that intertwine with both Stripes and Maze. Coffee has elements of nature, with the reflection of the tree, as well as elements of illusions and overlooked perspectives, the coffee cup that had been focused to the point of creating an image that is a reflection of the tree that appears above the cup.

All three of these artworks will be presented alongside each other to then show the audience the many uses and views that everyday objects are able to show in different perspectives and angles. I then decided to experiment with objects that aren’t inanimate, which resulted in a photography of my aunt and my younger cousin called Contentment. Contentment gives the audience a distinct image of motherhood. By having this artwork in my collection, I am able to have the overlooked images not only showcase illusions but display the unpopular image when certain topics, such as motherhood, is the main topic for discussion.

Most of my artworks are made digitally, but my sculpture called Inside My Mind placed in the center and in front of my photography is the base of my exhibition in which the sculpture displays my own perspective of my brain that ultimately creates and shows the rest of the photography. All together, the audience is able to view each individual photograph and analyze the subtle similarities that all of my artworks contain.

All of my artwork is arranged to help the audience understand the purpose of illusions and overlooked perspectives. My first artwork displayed on the left, Stripes, demonstrates to the audience the start of my experimentation with illusions and the different viewpoints of objects. Pollen, Coffee, and Maze help transition the use of illusions to overlooked perspectives and styles that I can see in my own daily life. The sculpture that comes after these four artworks is my own reflection that is inside my own mind, in which the viewer is able to have a brief understanding of my own thinking that influenced the rest of these artworks. The following artworks to the right of the sculpture, Immense Emptiness, Contentment, and Bean, are then finalizing the overlooked perspectives that the audience is able to view. After the viewer goes through my artwork, they can be able to understand the importance of being aware of their own surroundings and appreciate those overlooked perspectives or find small illusions in their own lives.

Contact the artist at Msanchez29406@gmail.com