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Fluid: An Exploration of Identity

The fluidity of identity as a concept is a constant journey for me, as a person, and as an artist. Paradoxically, it is the root that sustains my interest in portraiture. The societal concept of identity is also continually in flux, as the definitions of gender, race, age, geography, culture and socioeconomic status are mixed, blurred, inverted and dismantled.
Exhibits

April 9th - May 28th

SCA

About The Exhibit

Portraiture has significant meaning within the context of art history. Explore that history with us through Gypsy Schindler’s captivating exhibition, Fluid – An Exploration of Identity. Simply stated, the definition of Fluid is a substance that has no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure. All of Gypsy’s paintings hold examples of fluid physical attributes. However, in a human being, fluidity is actually a psychological and emotional ability, more than a physical state.

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INTRODUCTION

Fluid

An Exploration of Identity

The fluidity of identity as a concept is a constant journey for me, as a person, and as an artist. Paradoxically, it is the root that sustains my interest in portraiture. The societal concept of identity is also continually in flux, as the definitions of gender, race, age, geography, culture and socioeconomic status are mixed, blurred, inverted and dismantled.

Available Works for Purchase

"Reilly I" Canvas

34”x 34”, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2020
Reilly I

"Alok" Canvas

56”x 44”, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2021
Alok

"Lemonade" Canvas

18”x 24”, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2019
Lemonade
Gypsy Schindler
VISITING ARTIST

Gypsy Schindler

Gypsy Schindler is an artist, a musician, a poet, a teacher … “a lover, a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, and a magic bean buyer.”  She has an MFA from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design.  She currently lives in Richmond, Indiana with her lovely significant other and two dogs.

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