"Hi Francis! Hope you can make it to our Town Hall tonight--it's in Brooklyn this time. Brooklyn Arts Council and New York Foundation for the Arts will be speaking, and there will be short performances of Fue Japanese Flute by Kaoru Watanabe,…"
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Francis Estrada
- Male
- Brooklyn, NY
- United States
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Profile Information
- Status
- Artist
- Discipline(s)
- Visual Arts
- In your own words, what is your ethnic identity? (for individuals)
- Filipino
- Your Artistic Background/Mission
- In 1988, my family moved from the Philippines to the United States. Twenty years later, I became a citizen. The process of expatriation and application for U.S. citizenship has led me to explore American representations of Filipinos as well as Philippine colonial history. My pursuit to better understand my identity led me to further investigate Philippine political and religious history, and the shift of power during these periods (from the Spanish in the 16th Century through the United States in the 20th Century).
The images I create serve as interpretations of my realizations, which are often “reassembled” iconography that allow me to construct my own stories. Through my paintings, I assimilate religious and historic imagery and put together new mythologies and icons. In my drawings, I use the complex relations between the Philippines and its colonizing countries as models to address notions of identity and perception. By drawing on a small scale and omitting, blurring, or fading some features, I encourage the viewer to more closely investigate how lack of information shapes/misshapes one’s perception of another’s identity.
- Web Link
- http://www.francisestrada.com
Francis Estrada's Images
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Nico Daswani commented on Francis Estrada's album
Paintings and Mixed Media
"Thanks for sharing these, Francis! Long time no see. Have you been back to the Philippines recently? How have things changed since your childhood?
Hope to see you at Town Hall soon! We had more than 100 people for August- Take care,
Nico"
An album by Francis Estrada was featured
Drawings
In 1904, the World’s Fair in Louisiana highlighted the United States’ efforts to “civilize” the people of the Philippines and present the economic potential of the island chains' natural resources on the heels of the Philippine-American War…
An album by Francis Estrada was featured
Paintings and Mixed Media
Growing up in the Philippines, I would walk past a statuette of a bleeding Jesus who stared down on me from the end of the hallway every time I headed toward my room. Living in a country where the fear of retribution from a wrathful God has an…
Francis Estrada left a comment for Nico Daswani"Thanks Nico! Hoping to make it to the next Town Hall"
Nico Daswani left a comment for Francis Estrada"Hi Francis! So glad you set up a profile. Looking forward to seeing more of your work! Hope you can make it to Town Hall on Tuesday. Take care! Nico"
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 1:20pm on May 1, 2012,
Jinjin Sun said… Hi Francis! Hope you can make it to our Town Hall tonight--it's in Brooklyn this time. Brooklyn Arts Council and New York Foundation for the Arts will be speaking, and there will be short performances of Fue Japanese Flute by Kaoru Watanabe, sword dancing by Jessica Chen, and a Korean dance micro-lesson by Karen Kriegel.
Here are the details:
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 6:00PM-8:00PM
NARS Foundation
88 35th Street, Brooklyn NYC
(between 2nd Ave and the Gowanus Expy)
Subways: D N R to 36th Street
RSVP: http://a4townhall.eventbrite.com
Hope to see you there!
- At 3:14pm on May 28, 2010, Nico Daswani said…
- Hi Francis! So glad you set up a profile. Looking forward to seeing more of your work! Hope you can make it to Town Hall on Tuesday. Take care! Nico
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