Artist's Statement
July 12, 2008
Acrylic Melodies of Now is the latest body of work by artist Kimberlee Córdova.
With this new series, Córdova continues her intensive exploration of the virtual and fantastical elements of contemporary search for identity. Responding to the pop-pantheon of the Los Angeles landscape, Córdova generates images where unicorns meet hipsters by hotel pools, mermaids gaze at traffic-copters, and honeymooners seek out deluxe vacations featuring all “four bars” of reception.
Enabled by their tendency towards tourism, this cast of characters navigates the canvas’ hyper-landscape as bourgeoisie flaneurs. With meticulous detail, Córdova is determined to have fun with the vernacular of a society where image-savvy individuals are no more ‘free to be me’ than they are pigeon-holed into being “American”. For them, identity is not just performed; it is performance art.
Kimberlee Córdova graduated from the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara with a BA in painting. A recent transplant from Santa Barbara, she now lives and works in Los Angeles.
-edited by D. Beard
Acrylic Melodies of Now is the latest body of work by artist Kimberlee Córdova.
With this new series, Córdova continues her intensive exploration of the virtual and fantastical elements of contemporary search for identity. Responding to the pop-pantheon of the Los Angeles landscape, Córdova generates images where unicorns meet hipsters by hotel pools, mermaids gaze at traffic-copters, and honeymooners seek out deluxe vacations featuring all “four bars” of reception.
Enabled by their tendency towards tourism, this cast of characters navigates the canvas’ hyper-landscape as bourgeoisie flaneurs. With meticulous detail, Córdova is determined to have fun with the vernacular of a society where image-savvy individuals are no more ‘free to be me’ than they are pigeon-holed into being “American”. For them, identity is not just performed; it is performance art.
Kimberlee Córdova graduated from the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara with a BA in painting. A recent transplant from Santa Barbara, she now lives and works in Los Angeles.
-edited by D. Beard
