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Eurobella & WORK/PLAY
January — March 2020
“These words serve as positive reinforcement to the viewer. Marginalized communities such as black and brown people are oftentimes cast in negative light. The words came to my mind to challenge the prepackaged notions inflicted on these communities. I chose to refocus that lens to affirm to the viewer, that I all see is YOU. You, in your truest and purest form of self.”
About
WORK/PLAY is an interdisciplinary design/art duo based in St. Louis, Missouri, started by Danielle and Kevin McCoy. Kevin received a BFA in Graphic Communication from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and he recently graduated from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis earning his MFA. Danielle, also known by her pseudonym Eurobella, is a conceptual artist, writer, and educator. Together, they integrate a hybrid of production methods such as design, printmaking, textile works, time-based media, and the book arts to explore racial inequality, erasure, redacted histories and challenge predisposed stereotypes.
The duo has exhibited both locally and nationally. Recent exhibitions include Small Talk at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bentonville, AR; SPF 1991 at projects+gallery, St. Louis, MO; Dream Weavers at Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA; Overview is a Place at SPRING/BREAK Art Show in New York, New York, NY; On & On at Beard and Weil Galleries in Norton, MA; Change of State at The Wassaic Projects in Wassaic, NY; Color-ism at Kranzberg Arts Center in St. Louis, MO. Recent book fairs include Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair in Los Angeles, CA; Chicago Art Book Fair in Chicago, IL; Small Press Expo in St. Louis, MO; Fully Booked Art Fair in Dubai, UAE and Engaged Edition in New York, NY. To view their work, click here to visit WORK/PLAY's website.
