Outrider Art & Objects is proud to present this solo exhibition of drawings on paper from MJ Hernandez, a nonbinary artist originating and operating out of Texas. They received their BFA from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor and their MFA in painting from Texas Tech University.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Emasculate the Masculine explores the essence of flesh as a site of ambiguity through depictions of individual, autonomous systems. Observing Deleuze’s the Body Without Organs, I am interested in what constitutes a body and how those individual systems, as bodies, may operate both dependently and independently. These invented figures are amalgamations broken down into their basic forms comprised of familiar parts or landmarks, including one or more portals, soft tissue, fingers, and nipples. Those landmarks create an ambiguous and flexible site grounded in familiarity.
These delicate drawings depict cyclical beings who begin to capture my objective corporeal experience free from perception.
MJ Hernandez
Please visit this link to see a sampling of MJ’s work…
