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Nathan Vincent
New York-based artist Nathan Vincent explores the challenges that arise from straying from prescribed gender norms. Vincent creates so-called "masculine" objects using stereotypically "feminine" processes of sewing, crochet and applique. Much of his imagery is inspired by experiences of masculine "performance" from his childhood. Powerful, traditional images of "manly men" were common in his family and greatly informed his early understanding of what masculinity meant and looked like. By recreating icons of masculinity - like guns, beer cans and hunting trophies - in soft and malleable crocheted fibers Vincent breaks down the barrier of traditional "gender permissions." This unconventional sculpture material is loaded with semiotic significance, and draws a great deal of attention to the nonsensical gendered metaphors built into these objects.
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New York-based artist Nathan Vincent explores the challenges that arise from straying from prescribed gender norms. Vincent creates so-called "masculine" objects using stereotypically "feminine" processes of sewing, crochet and applique. Much of his imagery is inspired by experiences of masculine "performance" from his childhood. Powerful, traditional images of "manly men" were common in his family and greatly informed his early understanding of what masculinity meant and looked like. By recreating icons of masculinity - like guns, beer cans and hunting trophies - in soft and malleable crocheted fibers Vincent breaks down the barrier of traditional "gender permissions." This unconventional sculpture material is loaded with semiotic significance, and draws a great deal of attention to the nonsensical gendered metaphors built into these objects.
