PROJECTS
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Bio:
Rebecca Marimutu is a New York City-based photographer and educator whose work explores self, identity, and material tactility through photography, collage, and audio-visual abstraction. She is the founder of Anchovy Press, an independent publishing company focused on cultural preservation and personal narratives. Her community-based project, Picturing X, advocates for residents in gentrifying neighborhoods through participatory photography. Rebecca holds an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and has exhibited at venues like the BlackRock Center for the Arts and the Blue Sky Oregon Center for Photography. She currently teaches at Parsons School of Design.
Artist Statement
Portrait(s) 2020 -
In my ongoing self-examination series, Portrait(s), I explore portraiture by subverting the white gaze through abstraction and deconstruction. I conceal, obscure, and protect my image, challenging the tradition of the archival, precious photograph.Rooted in the idea of art as "the Other," I examine how racial ideologies shape the way Black womanhood is viewed and commodified. Drawing on bell hooks' Black Looks, I question authorship over my image in an art world shaped by white supremacy. Through abstraction, obstruction, and concealment in my self-portraiture, I aim to challenge how I am seen and engage in a protest of Black representation in contemporary art.