Revision of Lania D'Agostino's portfolio from Wed, 09/14/2016 - 14:30

About Lania

Lania D’Agostino is an avid (some would say obsessed) maker of things. Some of these creations begin with direction from an emotionally charged connection to a social issue and others are creations that evolve from a direct flow from her inner spiritual self. This intuitional direction shows mostly in her drawings and paintings as she creates figurative works of child like images with jackrabbits, toys and large eyed children. These all seem to have an underlying feeling of an emotionally… more

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Paintings

Many of my paintings are created by a direct intuitional flow. These are part of an ongoing process of self reflection.

Bucket of Fishes

Bucket of Fishes, painting 30"W X 42"H, oil, enamel, primas pencil, conte
Nesting time

oil, enamel, charcoal, pastel on wood panel, 30" X 42"
Help is on the way

oil, charcoal, pastel, enamel on wood panel, 30" X 42"
Everyday is a Party

oil, enamel, charcoal, pastel on wood panel, 30" X 42"
The Spotted Dress

oil, charcoal, enamel on wood Panel, 30" X 42"
I will march everyday

oil, enamel, charcoal, pastel on wood panel, 30" X 30"
Everyday is magic

oil, enamel, graphite, on wood panel, 30" X 30"
Transending Mediocracy

Oil, enamel on wood panel
Most things are clearer now

oil, charcoal on wood panel. 30" X 42"
Giraffe Dreams

Giraffe Dreams, painting 30"W X 42"H, oil, enamel, fabric, prisma pencil

Exploring Gender Fluidness

The Fluidness of Gender Identity and Our Body Image. I have been exploring gender fluidness in myself and my community to try and open the dialogue of what gender means to me. I feel that we are all fluid in the fact the some times we may feel masculine" while at another moment "feminine" and so how does this relate to gender. In the paintings that I am presenting in this section I am exploring gender through our human form and through a whimsical for of the Rabbit. As we look at the Rabbit paintings can we decipher if they are masculine or feminine. In another sense if we change the outward appearance of a person does that change the person or just our perception of that person's gender. If we take away the normative of the female vs male images we will need to decide for ourselves what is it that presents to us as feminine or masculine and why.

Skirts of Desire

Transgender Series, collage, acrylic, charcoal and oil paint on paper mounted on door panels 66" X 90" X 2" In our world today we can physically change our bodies to meet our psychological needs. For most people this is financially impossible so the change is made using clothing and mannerisms.
Jack Rabbit Coupling, 2012

oil, charcoal, enamel on paper mounted on door panel, 2012 80" X 60"X 2" I'm using the "Jack Rabbit" as a gender complex to express self as an emotional being in transition in the universe.
Patterns of Change 1,2,3

Transgender Series, collage, acrylic, charcoal and oil paint on paper mounted on door panels 80" X 90" X 2" In our world today we can physically change our bodies to meet our psychological needs. For most people this is financially impossible so the change is made using clothing and mannerisms.
Jack Rabbit, Blue Period

oil and charcoal on paper mounted on wood panel, 2012 45" X 60"X 2" I'm using the "Jack Rabbit" as a gender complex to express self as an emotional being in transition in the universe.
Patterns of Change 9

Transgender Series 2010, collage, acrylic, charcoal and oil paint on paper mounted on door panels 80" X 30" X 2" In our world today we can physically change our bodies to meet our psychological needs. For most people this is financially impossible so the change is made using clothing and mannerisms.
Self Portrait as a Jack Rabbit, 2012

oil, charcoal, enamel on paper mounted on door panel, 2012 80" X 30"X 2" I'm using the "Jack Rabbit" as a gender complex to express self as an emotional being in transition in the universe.

Transgender Project

Direct life casts of models in transition of gender identity.
Resin, fiberglass

The Three Stages of Kristen to Kris
Transgender Project
Transgender Project
Transgender Project

#HOMELESS

Resin coated, costumed life cast figures of Baltimore homeless youth. Oil, enamel, metal, rope and wood

#Homeless

Life casting of homeless youth in Baltimore City, clothed & resin infused, finished in oil, enamel and oil pastel
#Homeless

Life casting of homeless youth in Baltimore City, clothed & resin infused, finished in oil, enamel and oil pastel
#Homeless

Life casting of homeless youth in Baltimore City, clothed & resin infused, finished in oil, enamel and oil pastel
#Homeless

Life casting of homeless youth in Baltimore City, clothed & resin infused, finished in oil, enamel and oil pastel
#Homeless

Life casting of homeless youth in Baltimore City, clothed & resin infused, finished in oil, enamel and oil pastel
#Homeless

Life casting of homeless youth in Baltimore City, clothed & resin infused, finished in oil, enamel and oil pastel
#Homeless

Life casting of homeless youth in Baltimore City, clothed & resin infused, finished in oil, enamel and oil pastel