#artistinresidence Patricia Encarnación in her studio @silverartprojects. “My body of work is the counterpart of the everyday in which I use the Caribbean aesthetic that I grew up with as the main visual language to dissect, understand and be in constant contact with my identity. As a Dominican and a woman of color, I decode the prejudices built by society by question, analyze and openly expose their origins; allowing my speech to transcend be merely political to anthropological and humanistic. Through these practices, I have concluded that my urgency to investigate the historical background and psychological “unknown" of my identity has its roots in the nuances of tropical aesthetics, the decolonization and the dismantling of roles social and history taxes.” As an artist and interdisciplinary designer, Encarnación explores these concepts through various media such as ceramics, photography and video. This provides the flexibility to explore different points of view around the objects, nature, bodies and artifacts of Caribbean daily. I AM FROM WHERE YOU VACATION Read the full article @rulaymagazine 📸 @yung_google_search