Chris Twomey - TRIUMPH of the XX: XX & XYt

Chris Twomey - TRIUMPH of the XX: XX & XYt
  • Title: Chris Twomey - TRIUMPH of the XX: XX & XYt
  • Dimensions: 40" x 30"
  • Materials: ultrachrome ink, acrylic, aluminum
  • Primary Medium: mixed media photography
  • Year Created: 2009
  • Price: $3500
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TRIUMPH OF THE XX, 2007-2009 DVD “Triumph of the XX” evokes the passion of the XX chromosome (female) in its ability to heal a flaw or mutation in the DNA by recombining and backing up since there are two X’s. A red haired woman is the metaphor for this concept, as she recombines the genes of the world by making love with men of various ethnic backgrounds, thereby healing division. Aluminum foil, a simple substrate found in the kitchen and commonly used by women for domestic labor, is elevated, along with this concept, to an articulation of the divine.

Chris Twomey

Chris Twomey

Inspired by themes of origins and identity; incorporating film, performance, installation, digital media and sound, “she uses her own life and experiences as springboards for meditations on the human condition and our cosmic and personal state of connectivity.” Eleanor Heartney. Awards include a Ford grant, CAPS, the Kitchen Center, and Experimental TV grant and AFI Directing Internship. 2011 solo exhibition, “Chris Twomey” recently exhibited at Ramapo College NJ. Solo 2010 exhibitions include “ASTRAL FLUFF: Carnal Bodies in Celestial Orbit” at CREON Gallery NYC, and “Chris Twomey & Core Constellation” at Westbeth Gallery NYC. Reviews included in Art in America, M – In the Art World, The Scientist online, ASCI online, Resolve40 online, ArtSlant, NY Arts Magazine. Notable upcoming shows will be at the AC Institute in Chelsea, NYC February 2012 and HP Garcia Gallery, NYC March 2012. Prior to 1999, Twomey originated an art performance group called “Performance People” as well as worked in film/TV. Twomey attended Reed College, received a BFA from Ramapo College, NJ, and MFA in “New Forms,” at Pratt Institute, NY. “Chris Twomey PARALLAX: Time, Media, and Significance,” a monograph and memoir, is a 2011 publication.

Website: www.christwomey.com

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3 reviews

  • Chris Twomey
    Wednesday, 14 December 2011 15:01 | posted by Chris Twomey

    The xx chromosome backs itself up by having two x's so if there is a mutation on one x, the healthy x will not allow the mutation to be expressed. For instance in color blindness in the male XY chromosome, the mutation for this is usually on the x chromosome and since the male XY (the Y) cannot overcompensate for this flaw on the X, males will get colorblindness. As for having children or mixing races and healing division - The inherently strong XX chromosome, as a metaphor for female strength and healing, can mix races through meiosis. How can we kill one another in divisive ethnic, religious wars if we share children? That is the concept behind this series.

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  • Adam Lipstadt
    Wednesday, 14 December 2011 14:16 | posted by Adam Lipstadt

    Blah. Meant meiosis. Idiot I.

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  • Adam Lipstadt
    Wednesday, 14 December 2011 14:06 | posted by Adam Lipstadt

    If division is an inherent flaw, something that need be healed, how are all proposed cures effected through mitosis and difference?

    (Incidentally, this might be my favorite piece this year. But that's besides the point.)

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