Mister Saturday Night by Hannah Fons in New York

‘The future has an ancient heart.’ - Carlo Levi (1902-1975) I'm a Queer, New York-based artist working in acrylic on canvas and other textiles, as well as natural/organic materials including leather, bones, feathers, and teeth. Informed by shamanic and animist belief systems, the primary goal of my work is to explore the ancient, archetypal currents and complexes that influence all humans everywhere, emerging through spiritual practice, folklore, ritual, and dreams. I aim to draw parallels between geographically disparate cultures, seeking points of intersection and honoring the fundamental, psychic trueness of figures and stories often discarded as ‘myths’ under Western and Judeo-Christian influence. Through use of bold, saturated color, pattern repetition, and symbol, I hope to evoke a feeling of recognition - of encountering something very old, yet not remote; a sense of talismanic protection, if not exactly safety; of remembering the message, even if the source has been forgotten.