Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides book ” involving the transfer of

” involving the transfer of mental images onto undeveloped Polaroid film

the beating wings take on a majestic quality

which had seemingly peaked in the mid-’80s

moving from photography to film to multimedia installation

artists and artisans have created small objects for many purposes: tiny gold amulets of ancient Egyptian gods to protect the wearer

Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides book ” involving the transfer ofRawles transcendent, hyperrealistic paintings of Black bodies in water reckon with the legacy of racial injustice Merging hyperrealism, poetic abstraction and the cultural and historical symbolisms of water, Los Angelesbased artist Calida Rawles (born 1976) creates unique portraits of Black bodies submerged in and interacting with bright, mysterious bodies of water. The water, itself a sort of character within the paintings, functions as an element