Artists
Frances and Javier
Frances Giron is a contemporary self-taught artist, woman, parent and person of Latin descent based in Arvade, Colorado whose work explores issues of identity, self-worth, traditions and gender roles in relationships. Her installations can currently be seen at Long Beach Arts in Long Beach, CA and has been exhibited at the Infusion Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), Brent Sikkema Gallery (New York, NY), Jaffe Arts Center (Norfolk, VA), Artempresa Gallery (Cordoba, Argentina), Liz Long Gallery (Chicago, IL), among others. She solo performance art pieces, “Believe the Lie” and “Classical Sins, Modern Pleasures” has been shown at the CORE New Art Space in Denver, CO.
(http://www.francesgiron.com)
Javier González Bernardo is an award-winning filmmaker, designer, musician, poet based in Asturias, Spain. An educator at The London Academy of Radio, Film & TV, Javier is also a member of the Spanish National Society of Authors & Editors and a founder of Ideami Films. Javier has exhibited across Europe, including recent shows in Croatia, Italy and Spain and in 2005 was honored with an award at the Gijon International Film Festival in Spain for his film “Magic Mountain.”
(http://www.ideami.com)
On their pairing:
This is a pairing that will floor you. Frances’ art holds nothing back. A self-taught artist and mother, a traumatic relationship destroyed her conceptions of a “perfect” relationship. To heal, she had to come to terms with how perfect facades can hide chaos and how we find sanctuary in the most disturbing of situations. Her work is bluntly powerful: an installation of domesticity slightly askew with the wear of lies; a pair of jeans marked by hundreds of cigarette burns. Her idea of romance shattered, Frances now believes in a grittier, but healthier, truth of how relationships founder and flourish. Javier is the classic romantic. A renaissance man, his grand, sweeping vision of life bridges his poetry, paintings and music. His art makes you believe in love. He celebrates romance; she says romance is nothing – it’s what lies beneath that is real. In art, complexity and depth is built upon a simple form by adding shadows to lightness. We created Fling because, as much as we enjoy a perfect love story, we wanted to also hear the real stories – of crashing and burning, of losing your way, and of being triumphant, because of – and in spite of – love. In finding Frances and Javier, we found a way to rage and heal.