This is HouseMan, and for a million dollars a day (the cost of 500,000 coffee cups) he can be sent back to his universe. Collage

My work explores liminal identities which are forced to maneuver through varying socioeconomic backgrounds and racial cultures. Specifically, the inadequacies that one feels when you are placed in a socioeconomic status outside of what you were born into. In recent work, HouseMan is a creature that somehow finds itself in a new world. He tries to use his homes as a protection, and in a sense, he accomplishes this goal. Unfortunately, these homes also act as a burden which prohibits him from presenting his true self. This work is rooted in my own experience of being raised in a lower socioeconomic background, but acquiring a terminal degree in a field that is predominantly Middle-class or above and/or white. I fall under the Middle-class bracket as a result of my education, but I am still learning to maneuver between both cultures. I am simultaneously part of all these components and yet not fully accepted by them. The Liminal experience is explored through the use of symbols: homes, figure, environment; material choices: found cardboard, digital prints, color paper; and construction: collage, decollage, drawing, sculpture. Symbols act as literal depictions, materials reflect the quality of said symbols, and construction allows contradictory materials and symbols to co-exist. These elements are then placed through a filter of fantasy and satire which help the viewer digest the uneasiness of a liminal existence.

Collage:Paper on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:8.5 W x 11 H x 0.1 D in

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