New Limited Edition Silkscreen by Ana Benaroya
Artspace is pleased to announce a bold new limited edition of 40 silkscreen prints by Ana Benaroya, entitled The Nun’s Litany. Radiant and electric, The Nun’s Litany flips classic portraiture on its head with acidic color and a muscular, confident woman nude. Proceeds from the sale of this edition will benefit Visual AIDS, a New York-based nonprofit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy.
The Edition
Benaroya builds upon her childhood love of graphic novels and action figures as well as her mastery of illustration to create a new queer universe in her vibrant paintings and prints. Each series of work centers on specific themes, but their subjects are always robust, raucous women in the nude who project brute strength and power.
The Nun’s Litany pays homage to indie band Magnetic Fields’s song of the same name, animating its imagined central character with personal references to bring her to life.
“Bright vibrating colors really bring me joy. Playing with color brings me joy. When I see a work of art that has the most perfect color harmonies or color dissonance it literally makes my heart skip a beat in excitement.” —Ana Benaroya
Visual AIDS
Visual AIDS is the only contemporary arts organization fully committed to HIV and AIDS awareness through producing and presenting visual art projects. They assist artists living with HIV, preserve the legacies of those we have lost, and celebrate the artistic contributions of the AIDS movement. Visual AIDS was founded in 1988 to address the devastation of the AIDS crisis on the arts community while impacting change through art, creating initiatives such as Day With(out) Art and the Red Ribbon. Their programs include grants to HIV+ artists, working with estates to preserve artistic legacies, and sharing the work of artists through our Archive and online Artist Registry. Visual AIDS strives to represent a diversity of voices within the HIV community by presenting exhibitions, public events, publications, and artist projects that raise awareness and highlight contemporary issues, reminding viewers and audiences that AIDS IS NOT OVER.
