BrownPinkTaínoBlackSquare by Glendalys Medina

Glendalys Medina 

BrownPinkTaínoBlackSquare, 2024

20 x 26 in.

Relief with Lithograph and Flocking

Hahnemühle Copperplate 300gsm paper carrier with Yatsuo Pink collé

Starting Price: $1,000

About the Artwork

The Artist's original pattern designs were digitally translated to films and shot toa lithographic plate and photopolymer relief plate. The lithograph was printed on the pink Yatsuo paper and flocked with metallic powder which was then mounted with double sided adhesive to the Copperplate carrier sheet and printed with the relief plate with a mixed brown ink.

This edition is BlackSquare; one of four in the BrownPinkTaíno series of prints. A mixture of my visual language inspired by the boombox and Taíno pictographs, the four in the series represent different facets of identity. American, Nuyorican, Afro-Caribbean, Boricua; with BrownPinkTaínoBlackSquare signifying Boricua since it's the cornerstone of the Nuyorican Diaspora.

About the Artist

My practice is inspired by how humans learn, create order out of chaos and make sense of the world; how previous knowledge is essential for learning and perceiving; how the ambiguity of the world increases our reliance on that previous knowledge; how we project that knowledge when we don’t understand; and how we see with our brains recognizing patterns of information. I create work that amplifies marginalized voices, deconstructs and reconstructs image, language and systems to incite a change in cognitive structures that occur as a result of an experience. I am interested in creating moments when previous knowledge gets an upgrade and new perspectives are formed to establish cultural inclusivity. My work exhibits Taíno (indigenous Caribbeans) culture, Hip- hop and Latinx culture and music, and explores personal development as an empowering tool to re-identify societal and personal value structures to gain cultural equity in a transcultural global society.