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MAYA MANN - GRADUATE STUDENT’S ARTWORK HARNESSES HYPER-FEMININITY TO COMMENT ON IDENTITY

Date Posted
05.16.22

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Expanding upon her background in computer science and website design, the design media arts graduate student opened her first solo show titled “Secrets From a Girl” at the Broad Art Center on April 19. Man said she specializes in browser-based generative art, a medium that allows her creations to exist as live algorithms in the digital universe. Named after a Lorde song in which a woman imparts wisdom to her younger self, she said the exhibit is similarly a reflection on female adolescence and how gender performance is guided by internet culture.

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https://arts.ucla.edu/single/graduate-students-artwork-harnesses-hyper-femininity-to-comment-on-identity/?fbclid=IwAR39OzCp1zu4t4-X1qo8LIHv26mtFiQdM7SsEJj23g_7MVM4R1RpaQv2IKI