#transartists

joe mama just hit the towers?! on bandcamp friday?!??!?!?!!

Our post in celebrating Transgender Awareness Week highlights self-portraits by Kama La Mackerel (they/them).

La Mackerel is non-binary and multidisciplinary artist from Mauritius. Their work is grounded in the exploration of justice, love, healing, decolonization, and self- and collective empowerment.

“Their series entitled ‘Breaking the Promise of Tropical Emptiness: Trans Subjectivity in the Postcard’ strongly and humorously redefines the typical aesthetic of postcards from Mauritius, more often than not reduced to the demonstration of luxuriant exoticism, presenting lush, sunny and wild landscapes that bear no trace of civilization.”

La Mackrel’s works are included in Transgalactic: photography, genre, transition. The front cover image for the publication features a self-portrait by Juliana Huxtable, an African American writer, performer, and DJ. “Her work is inspired by comic and Afrofuturist mythologies. Huxtable reinvents the art of the self-portrait to compose avatars in which her own image hybridizes with all kinds of creatures, from the animal to the digital, in order to evoke the infinite fluidity of her own gender identity.”

Artists featured in Transgalactic: photography, genre, transition explore a possible panorama of the role played by photography in the construction of their (trans) gender.

We’re celebrating Trans Joy this week!

Hey!

I know I don’t post much on here anymore, my life had kinda gone to shit these last few months and I’m semi homeless for the time being. Living on a friends sofa.

I’m trying to save up money for a few months rent whilst also being able to eat, and I’m in the UK which is currently in a recession so getting a job has been near impossible.

I hate doing the pity talk, pity isn't what I’m after. But I am open for digital commissions of any kind at the minute, no matter how big or small. I have upped my commission prices because I have a bad habit of under selling my work so do keep that in mind.

But yeah if anyone is looking for a digital commission of any kind please consider me, any amount of money helps. Alternatively please share this post.

please email me at [email protected] for all enquiries.

Commissions are WIDE OPEN! Please spread as much as you can.

With COVID-19 spiking massively in my area, I can’t work in a physical setting due to my weak lungs and heart. I don’t have health insurance, so if I get sick, it’s game over. Every commission helps me to pay my necessary bills and keep me out of a dangerous environment. You can contact me here or via my email: [email protected] 

Other ways you can help support me: My store: https://lucartwork.bigcartel.com Redbubble: https://redbubble.com/people/LucArtwork/shop?asc=u… Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/lucartwork Patreon tip jar: https://patreon.com/LucianArtwork  

I have this same commission information posted here on Twitter.