Sara Farrell Okamura
Sara Farrell Okamura
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PEACEKEEPERS, 2017
Drawing/Relief Print, oilbar, charcoal, ink on paper
38 x 50 inches unframed
$600
STOP! WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY, 2017
Drawing/Relief Print, oilbar, charcoal, ink on paper
38 x 50 inches unframed
$600
"For several years I have created a body of work under the title of Inflicted Anxiety, motivated by the lunacy created by unremitting violence, systematic racism, economic inequality, and the desecration of the environment. Some works are subtle and reflect the notion that as history repeats itself, we fail to notice. In light of the current number of crises, subtlety is no longer an option. I do not see this work as art activism, but more about how we live, fail to acknowledge the past, and deny the future."
Sara Farrell Okamura has used painting, drawing, printmaking, and installation art as a means to execute several bodies of work that address social issues from the personal to the global. This work often emanates from her original interest in journalism and the desire to address the inequalities in our social system that she feels we do not see because we have become immune to day-to-day atrocities inflicted on BIPOC communities, the environment and those suffering from economic inequality. She has lived in North Adams MA for 25 years. Despite being the home of MASS MoCA, North Adams is ranked as the 7th poorest city in Massachusetts. In an attempt to shine a light on struggles in this small mill town I have participated in several public art projects as part of Downstreet Art. This has included exhibitions that incorporated voter registration information 2018 (What Happens in Washington Happens in North Adams), Truth or Fiction, 2019 and a group exhibition at MCLA’s Gallery 51, 5 Women You ShouldKnow.
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