Domesticated Men

Transformer
1404 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-483-1102

Domesticated Men
Al Miner, Curator

Opening May 16
Curator & Artist Talk 4pm | Reception 5 - 8pm


Closing June 20
2 pm Curator & Artist Talk

"Men have historically been posited as providers for and not integrated inhabitants of the home. Notions such as the Victorian period's focus on the matriarch as the "angel of the hearth" and the 1950s ideal of the nuclear family have shaped this perception. While a man's home may still be his castle, his relationship to it has changed. Despite this progress, many photographers today choose to portray women alone in domestic interiors, often with a sexualizing gaze. The photographers of Domesticated - Yolanda del Amo, Amy Elkins, Dru Donovan, and Jamil Hellu - challenge such notions by depicting men in domestic interiors, capturing moments of complex masculinity that can only occur behind the closed doors of the home."

[text and image from Transformer Facebook Event page. Caption: "Amy Elkins. "Kyle, New York, NY, 2008." Courtesy of Yancey Richardson Gallery.]

Fabricating Rain

Transformer
1404 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-483-1102

March 21- April 25, 2009
Julia Mandle
Fabrication of Blindness|Fabricating Rain

Opening | meet the artist
March 21, 2009, 2 pm)

"This installation and interactive, community-driven intervention, created by New York based artist Julia Mandle, seeks to mend wounds caused by America's abuse of civil rights at a turning point in our country's policy on the detention camps at Guantanamo Bay.

As America begins to negotiate the aftermath of actions in Guantanamo Bay, Julia seeks to connect the actions of dissenters with the voices of detainees through the launch of Fabricating Rain at Transformer. This creative action of hand-embroidering detainee-written narratives and poetry onto hoods made of U.S. military issue sandbags, will expand the Fabrication of Blindness installation at Transformer. Audiences are invited to participate in scheduled Fabricating Rain embroidery circles, or stop by during regular gallery hours to contribute to the installation. Embroidery takes approximately two hours."

[Text and image from Transformer website. Caption: Images by J Mandle and Kevin Rogers.]

Fabricating Rain Embroidery Circles: Thursdays and Saturdays, 2 – 6pm at Transformer.
Exhibition Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 7pm & by appointment.

ID-entity

Transformer
1404 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20005
202-483-1102

September 12 - October 18, 2008
ID-entity
Featuring work by ten emerging Mexico City based artists

Reception: September 12, 6-9 pm

"Seeking to further international contemporary art dialogue, build alliances for artists, and promote cultural exchange, Transformer is thrilled to be partnering with the Mexican Cultural Institute in presenting the comprehensive ID-entity exhibition.

Presenting work that reflects issues of living within a capital city, urban life, as well as larger issues of identity both national and personal - Domestic Fine Arts, Gilberto Esparza, Saúl Gómez, Ricardo Harispuru, Mauricio Limón, Edith Pons, Xavier Rodríguez, Marco Rountree Cruz, Amaranta Sánchez and Joaquín Segura
ID-entity is co-curated by Transformer’s Executive & Artistic Director Victoria Reis and Mexico City based independent curator Giovanna Esposito Yussif."

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