Paris Residency
October 2008 – March 2009
Las Hermanas Iglesias
Las Hermanas Iglesias are Lisa and Janelle Iglesias, a collaborative team of sisters who were born and raised in Queens, New York. As second-generation Norwegian-Dominicans, their work often comments on bridging disparate materials and practices. Lisa Iglesias received her BA from Binghamton University and her MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Florida in 2006 while Janelle received a degree in cultural anthropology from Emory University and her Master's in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University, also in 2006.
While in graduate school, Lisa and Janelle began to mail drawings back and forth through the post in order to experiment with visual imagery and conceptual tendencies. Interested in the potential of these visual conversations about their shared history and individual approaches, they formed Las Hermanas Iglesias. Since then, Las Hermanas have shown collaboratively in several exhibitions on the East Coast while Lisa and Janelle have independently shown their work and have received various fellowships at such residencies as the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, the Vermont Studio Center and Sculpture Space. While they have received various grants and accolades individually, the LMCC Paris residency is their first opportunity to focus solely on their collaborative efforts.
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Everybody Likes to Dance, 2009
dimensions variable
mixed media installation with audio components
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lost glove, 2009
dimensions variable
collection of 62 single gloves found in Paris, October 2008-April 2009 and guache on paper
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Le Fil Rouge, 2008
Embroidered maps, performance, video
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Le Fil Rouge, 2008
Embroidered maps, performance, video
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Towers, 2008-09
dimensions variable
Inspired by the overwhelming number of souvenir kiosks in Paris and the iconography that encapsulates the city to the hordes of tourists that descend on the Eiffel Tower, we made stacks of souvenirs out of recyclables and household detritus. We made a kiosk in our atelier and shared these souvenirs with tourists and visitors who came to the studio.
