{"id":14525,"date":"2021-10-22T23:34:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T23:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/?p=14525"},"modified":"2021-11-02T08:16:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T08:16:18","slug":"sya-warfield-creates-pulp-idols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/sya-warfield-creates-pulp-idols\/","title":{"rendered":"Sya Warfield Creates Pulp Idols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"648\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-another-marilyn.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-another-marilyn.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-another-marilyn-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-another-marilyn-160x192.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Working in mixed media on wood, artist Sya Warfield has created a new series, <em>Pulp Idols<\/em>. Completed throughout the last year, seven of these layered works will open this weekend in a new Santa Clarita gallery space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consisting of seven, immediately recognizable images, Warfield used photographic pulp transfer, combined with water-based pigment inks, acrylic ink, crackle paste medium, metal leaf, vintage newsprint and spray paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"651\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-frida.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-frida.jpeg 543w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-frida-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-frida-160x192.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Warfield\u2019s work is quite alive in her depiction of iconic and well-known figures and the ideas associated with them. Elevating these images into fresh focus, the artist has shaped entirely original portraits, centering them in a way in which each individual\u2019s character, cultural importance, and era, are also a part of each artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"649\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-haring.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-haring.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-haring-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-haring-160x192.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Warfield says she chose to create \u201cportraits of key figures who have effected change within our societies and cultural lives\u2026 [such as] controversial 1980s-era artist Keith Haring, pictured with one of his own designs on his t-shirt; and Andy Warhol, [with] heavy bangs across his eyes and a constellation of stars applied to his shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"544\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-warhol.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-warhol.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-warhol-300x252.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-warhol-229x192.jpeg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other images include those of Frida Kahlo, Marilyn Monroe, Madonna, Nelson Mandela, and Malala Yousafzai. A direct and intensive gaze is the dominant feature of the artist&#8217;s evocation of  Kahlo; her works featuring  Monroe and Madonna exude a hypnotic sense of both power and sexuality that pull the viewer into these popular stars&#8217; worlds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"651\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-marilyn.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-marilyn.jpeg 537w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-marilyn-247x300.jpeg 247w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-marilyn-158x192.jpeg 158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She also includes  a kindly smiling Mandela and a serene yet watchful image of Yousafzai. While the latter two images are inextricably bound to global politics and just causes, and Kahlo is a passionate icon for art and women\u2019s issues, Warhol, Haring, Monroe, and Madonna are true pop \u2013 or pulp \u2013 idols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"649\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-Nelson-mandela.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-Nelson-mandela.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-Nelson-mandela-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-Nelson-mandela-160x192.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Warfield, \u201cThe series invites viewers to reflect on the complexity of life, the passing of time and the ongoing ripples of influence we experience and can exert positively in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work also includes a message rooted in \u201celements of the Japanese notion of Wabi Sabi, deliberate imperfection. There are spiritual elements to this series which include the energies that surround [these] people supported by colors and textures,\u201d Warfield says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"645\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-mala.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-mala.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-mala-251x300.jpeg 251w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sya-mala-161x192.jpeg 161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each image seems to emerge from the wood it is created upon, as if rising from underwater, or the passage of time. It has a resonance that builds upon the featured image, transforming and elevating it. The viewer might consider not only each subject as an icon in society, but due to the image Warfield creates from it, as an updated and secular evocation of a worshipped religious icon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her images have layered, gilded quality reminiscent of the Byzantine images that decorated churches from the 4<sup>th<\/sup> century on. In a way, the viewer can see Warfield\u2019s idols as just as venerated in our modern culture as the figures of early saints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Badu-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Badu-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Badu-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Badu-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Badu-648x486.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Badu-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Badu.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pulp Idols<\/em> represents just one aspect of Warfield\u2019s work. The artist has created images using photography, video, and mixed media, including the process used in her current work utilizing the \u201cphotographic pulp transfer process combined with water-based pigment inks and acrylic inks,\u201d along with a variety of other elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy work has definitely evolved over the years,\u201d Warfield asserts, explaining that she is always seeking new challenges.  She\u2019s specifically looking forward \u201cto working bigger and creating installations. I want viewers to be curious, inspired, and&nbsp;hopeful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To that end, Warfield has also recently completed a public art commission of 2 utility boxes in Del Rey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"513\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sya-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sya-.jpeg 684w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sya--300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sya--648x486.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sya--256x192.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her current <em>Pulp Idols<\/em> exhibition is on view starting this weekend in Santa Clarita\u2019s new Canyon Country Community Center. The show opens October 30 at 10 a.m. and runs until December 16<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santa Clarita&#8217;s new cultural hub, the community center is located at 18410 Sierra Highway, Canyon Country, CA, 91387.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition is also on view virtually on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsteps.com\/embed\/616dc1360233195c71566313\/560\/315\">artsteps.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Genie Davis; photos provided by the artist<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working in mixed media on wood, artist Sya Warfield has created a new series, Pulp Idols. Completed throughout the last year, seven of these layered works will open this weekend in a new Santa Clarita gallery space. 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