Fluid Gaze

The works presented reflect the resiliency of people in the LGBTQIA+ community. The found bone has been carved away with non- intentional design by weathering and natural elements; when found they are taken, cleaned and hand carved with intention. The process is representative of the way members of the community are often forcibly shaped by society and social pressures before they find community are able to resist the pressure to conform to cis heteronormative archetype. While also having safety to reimage and reshape themselves.  

The sculptures have been deconstructed and reassembled multiple times over. This process is representative of feeling safe enough in a community to be vulnerable; to change, to shift , shape freely. 

The pieces as they currently stand, reflect a timeline of the forcibly external shaping then the manifestation of one’s true self blooming. 

Adri De La Cruz was a featured artist in Fluid Gaze, a multi-media art exhibition hosted by 516 Arts. 516 Arts is Albuquerque, New Mexico’s premiere contemporary art museum.