Daughters Mika Machida @ Art Fiend Foundation 123 Ludlow Street 212 420 1033

Daughters of the new revolution
Four days following their "Convention" fashion show, Art Fiend Foundation sponsored yet another event, this time in support of painter Mika Machida. Machida’s work identifies with the spirit of the stage of womanhood known as "daughterhood": the journey every female takes in transforming from an adolescent stage to a more mature, womanly state of being. Identifying with the loneliness and isolation evoked through the metamorphosis from dependency to a more secure, nurturing state, subjects she uses include girls and horses. The photo realistic model she depicts on collage-style paintings resembles a woman in a fetal position slowly opening up, through a series of canvases, as if from the womb into the world. The horses are a subject she studies from afar as being independent, yet a further glance into their eyes depicts a more lonely, longing stare, not unlike a coming of age woman.
Currently studying graphic design at FIT, she considers her art to be not totally unlike her graphic work, and incorporates ideas from one field to the other.

by Reiko Katakura
photos by Kevin Cooley

other events at Art Fiend Foundation:
Convention: Wearing your own designs
by Reiko Katakura

other art reviews:
Still Life with Dildos: Marcus Harvey's British bordom
by Katie Stone
ABC No Rio
by Erika Biddle