Juan Carlos Correa

Artist Statement

Set against the backdrop of the American Southwest, Liminal Spaces is a symbolic exploration of the anxieties faced in middle-class contemporary America. The work combines reality and fiction to delve into the American experience and examine the shared anxieties that unite and divide us. Liminal Spaces can be seen as the point between lament and unease, serving as both a windshield and a rearview mirror.

The project's motivation is to emulate the great American literaries of the 20th Century through a visual medium. Liminal Spaces adapts the camera akin to Jack Karouac's use of his Underwood. It is the new poetry for the 21st Century, visually analyzing our time and place through autobiographical fiction.

AWARDS

  • CENTER Santa Fe Review Invitation
  • City of Albuquerque Public Arts Award
  • 1st Place in Academy of Art San Francisco Art Show

EDUCATION

  • MA IN ARTS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP - UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
  • MFA - ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY
  • BFA IN FILM STUDIES - UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
Visual poetry of a somber looking man sitting on a bench smoking in front of a 1950s American style grocery store with a sunset reflecting on the glass windows.  A Visually Poetic image of a worried looking man sitting alone in a 1950s style American diner having a beer. Visual poetry of an emotionally beaten down man sitting on a sidewalk in front of a 1950s American style seedy motel with a bright red 1960s Volkswagen Beetle parked in front I don't worry
Whenever skies are gray above
Got a pocketful of rainbows
Got a heart full of love
Mister Heartache
I've found a way to make him leave
Got a pocketful of rainbows
Got a star up in my sleeve - Elvis Presley
She got a way
That makes me stay
She holds on tight
If I want a little
She's right in the middle
Keeps me on all night
She got a thing that makes me moan
She got a thing that takes me home
— J. J. Cale A visually poetic image of a worried looking woman looking into the rearview mirror as she pulls into a liquor store parking lot in a 1950s style American car. The image is reminiscent  of the visual style of Alfred Hitchcock The sound of strangers sending nothing to my mind
Just another mad, mad day on the road
I am just living to be lying by your side
But I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road - Rolling Stones