Tuesday, September 5, 2017

REB reviews Las Hermanas Iglesias

Lisa and Janelle Iglesias crated "Sibling Rivalry Series" which are a mixture of performance and stages photos. These two sisters went to different high schools, colleges and MFA programs but even though they were apart their interest in art grew gradually at the same time yet individually. Their collaborations started when they were in grad school and they would send drawings and ideas to each other by mail, they got to know each others practices more intimately and once grad school was over, they moved back to New York to start calibrating.  Their video "Cherry Contest" show Lisa and Janelle sitting at a table facing the camera with matching red jumpsuits. Then they start to shove cherries into their mouths in competition to see who can eat the cherries faster. Then they would try to blow the biggest bubblegum and measure precisely how far the bubble gum is away from their body. These sisters perform competitions with each other which are humorous but the performances, sculptures,video and photographs have a serious culture undertones.

 

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