Leah Tacha, an artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York emailed me recently with her work. Specifically, she turned me on to her collages, which often juxtapose basketball players with glitter, and isolates over-the-top gesture of fashion photography. Leah’s artist statement gives us some insight into this:
I was raised by a mother who was obsessed with color, glitter, and the shine of success, and a father who was inherently practical, hardworking, had a pointed sense of humor, and never missed a Kansas basketball game. The soundtrack to my morning breakfast was the ESPN theme song coinciding with my mother’s blaring Broadway Musicals. I have always had an interest in these two polar opposites of fame, not necessarily for who these people represent in our society, but for the images that they create, their confidence in their steps, and people’s belief in their powers. I am drawn to create sculptures and drawings that over exaggerate all of these conditions: ridiculousness, alienation, athleticism, adoration, plasticity, and mysticism.
All images via her website.
