![]() ![]() ![]() There have been certain periods in my career that seem to have influenced me greatly, marked by “before” and “after” moments - before Mexico and after Mexico was such a time as my art changed significantly from that living experience. They were so interested in the installation process. I remember that as we were installing the piece, there were many people in the airport who stopped by to ask questions and comment on it. Of course, due to the TSA security, I couldn’t meet these travelers and see their responses, though some of them reached out to me with congratulations. My work's exposure to thousands of viewers was incredible. What impact, if any, did the PHL opportunity have on your future work/career? The Philadelphia International Airport piece was the largest of my career. I now love working large – I experience the creative process differently when its size encompasses me. It motivated me to think about what imagery worked better together to create one whole new piece from combining others. I had never made work of that size and its modularity provided flexibility and creative options. ![]() This opportunity gave me new ways of installing and exhibiting my work. What was it like exhibiting at the airport compared to where you usually display your work? Since then, I learned the practicality of using modular imagery in my compositions. Luckily, everything fit in the right place, and I created a composition that successfully filled out the whole case. The layout was finalized during the installation process. My solution was to combine several finished pieces that had a similar narration. I had not one single art piece in my studio to fit this whole space, and little time to create a new one. It was a very challenging art piece and I felt overwhelmed by the dimensions of Terminal E’s oversized glass case. The installation that I did for the airport is called Baroque Landscape. What did you exhibit at the airport and what inspired this particular body of work? I use various processes and mediums such as paint, glitter, cardboard, fabric, cut paper and ink and like to blend magical symbols with Western rationality, transcending timelines and national boundaries. With this compendium of aesthetics, my art can transcend timelines and national boundaries. My imagination developed an otherworldliness of constructed creatures – plant forms that have determined my visual identity. Nature and her mythical dream imagery has also played a huge part in my iconography and through my experiences of living in the Amazon. Afterward I spent some years in Mexico studying Aztec mythology. My earliest influences came from my experience teaching in an Afro Caribbean community called Borbures within my country, Venezuela, where I learned about the influence of African culture in my country. This can be seen by my use and reference of symbols and mythologies from ancient times. My work has been nourished and influenced by Judeo Christian religious culture melded with the Latino history of my background. My artistic theme/subject is a reflective vision of the places where I’ve lived and traveled to over years. Over the coming weeks, the airport will take a look back at some of the artists who have participated in the program over the last 25 years.Ī contemporary Philadelphia artist born in Venezuela, known for merging myth and symbols in mixed media paintings, installations, and murals, Henry is the co-director of HOUSEGallery1816 in Philadelphia.ĭescribe in general your artistic themes/subjects and the media that you work in. PHL Airport's Airport Exhibitions Program is celebrating its 25th anniversary. ![]()
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