Event Website: https://santaclaritaarts.com/2021/10/19/pulp-idols/
Artist Website: https://www.syawarfield.com/
Location : Canyon Country Community Gallery @ 18410 Sierra Hwy, Santa Clarita, CA 91351
Days/times: M – F from 8am – 6pm
Show Dates: October 30 – December 16, 2021
Contact info: Sya Warfield @ syawarfield@gmail.com
Event Video — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhgP2Ii_w88
Social media: https://www.instagram.com/syawarfield/
Phone: (661) 259-CITY
Description:
Pulp Idols is a series of nine new mixed media works on wood produced by Sya Warfield over the past year. In this turbulent time, Warfield has chosen to create portraits of key figures who have effected change within our societies and cultural lives. Controversial 1980s artist Keith Haring, pictured with one of his own designs on this t-shirt, is joined by Andy Warhol, heavy bangs across his eyes and a constellation of stars applied to his shoulders. Their tentative, watchful expressions are counterbalanced by the intense stare of the revolutionary pointer Frida Kahlo. Performing icon Marilyn Monroe is also present, a woman whose carefully constructed public persona has been captured many times. All are synonymous with the monumental discussions of their particular eras around sexuality, power, equality, indigeneity, celebrity culture and consumerism. They are joined by a woman intrinsically tied to global politics, Malala Yousafzai, who was gravely injured in an assassination attempt in 2012, targeted by the Taliban for blogging about the experience of education in Pakistan under their regime. She chose to speak up, using her own story to help others. Warfield revisits iconic images of these individuals, using a range of techniques and materials to allow the essence of the subject to sing through. Each work utilizes a photographic pulp transfer process combined with water-based pigment inks, acrylic inks, crackle paste medium, metal leaf, vintage newsprint and spray paint. Influenced by the Japanese notion of Wabi Sabi, deliberate imperfection, the faces are surrounded by an aura of vibrancy and layered texture. Overall, the series invites viewers to reflect on the complexity of life, the passing of time and the ongoing ripples of influence we experience and can exert positively in the world.
Sya Warfield is an artist, filmmaker and photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
This year she has worked on public commissions with Del Rey Utility Box Project, Let’s Paint Sherman Oaks, NoHo Utility Box Program and Be the Change in Hollywood. Other recent projects include Beyond the Box in Glendale; Arts Bridging the Gap in Hollywood; Let’s Paint the Town in LA and Studio City; and Colours of Freedom Mural in Inglewood.
