Christie Blizard: The Angel
Christie Blizard: The Angel
FROM THE ARTIST
“In my performances, I wear 3D printed masks of celebrities Scarlett Johansson and Elle Fanning who symbolize empty vessels that my alien, Sinusoidal, can enter. I contrast my own body with these celebrities through the aid of a mask and costumes. In doing so, I relate my new body directly to that of the cyborg, drawing heavily from Donna Haraway’s posthumanist, feminist essay The Cyborg Manifesto (1985). The cyborg disturbs mainstream dualisms by offering a body that cannot be fully one thing or the other, as we are all a container of mediation, violence, and multiplicity.”
Doors open at 8 with DJs Frank Frank and Lil’ Dad
Christie performs at 9
DJs Frank Frank and Lil’ Dad will perform another set, followed by DJD
$10 suggested donation
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Blizard has exhibited widely, working in a variety of media that merge painting, poetry, and performance. Recent venues include the McNay Art Museum, (San Antonio, TX); The Epitome Institute, (San Antonio, TX); the School of Visual Arts, (NY, NY); The Painting Center; (NY, NY); 1708 Gallery, (Richmond, VA); Women & Their Work, (Austin, TX); Lawndale Art Center, (Houston, TX); and NOMA Gallery, (San Francisco, CA). She has also received residencies at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, (Snowmass Village, CO); The MacDowell Colony, (Peterborough, NH); SIM Artist in Residency Program (Reykjavik, Iceland); and Centraltrack, (Dallas, TX). Her work has been featured in Art in America, Art News, Blouin, ArtInfo and Hyperallergic.
Image: Sinusoidal, The Birth, 2019; performance documentation