Evan Rosato

March 9 - 12 


Gringo 3
2020 
Charcoal and Pastel on Paper, 52" x 36"
Photo Credit: Evan Rosato

La Cama
2021 
Graphite and Flocked Nylon Fibers on Paper, 24" x 36"
Photo Credit: Evan Rosato


Artist Statement

I use my experiences of being both Latinx and white as source material to explore the boundaries of race and identity. Through the use of materials such as flocked nylon fibers, charcoal, and quotidian objects that relate to my Latinx experience, I expand on the complexity of what it means to be Latinx by exploring Latino affect. My relationship to race and identity has been complicated. Growing up in Florida, I aimlessly defined myself as white because my frame of reference for brownness was tanned bodies of white people with darker complexion than me. Living with my mother who came to this country very young and had become Americanized, I did not grow up in a household where Latinoness was foregrounded. Not knowing the Spanish language stems from this upbringing. It has been a recent endeavor to consider myself as Brown and align myself with the deeper connection I feel to a Latinx experience. This interest in the color brown and the building up of brown surfaces in my work personifies this evolution of a Brown identity.

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