RiTUAL. A ceremonial act ~ Rites used in the course of worship ~ The performance of ceremonial acts ~ The prescribed form of conducting the ceremony ~ A method of procedure that is followed without variation ~ performance with gestures, words, and objects, often in a sequestered place.

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Ana Vizcarra Rankin

Ana Vizcarra Rankin is an Uruguayan American artist living somewhere between homesickness and wanderlust. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Art History summa cum laude from Temple University in 2010 and her Master of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2012. Ana has exhibited nationally and internationally at Sandy Springs Museum, Goggleworks, Crane Arts, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, Designbox, and the Exploris Museum. Awards include Billikopf Award 2010, Essie Baron Memorial Award 2010 and the Judith McGregor Caldwell Purchase Prize for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum permanent collection in 2012.

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Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Alrevés book
Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Alrevés book
Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Alrevés book
Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Alrevés book
Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Alrevés book
Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Alrevés book

My Mother would sing rhymes and recite short poems to me at bedtime when I was too young to read or even be read to. One of my favorites, which became a bedtime ritual I would prolong as endlessly as possible, went like this: "Había una vez, un tigre alrevés; quieres que te cuente orta vez?" to which I would invariably reply "Si! Otra vez!" Which would bring on another rhyme, naming each thing I loved in the world "una flor alreves" "una manzana alreves" and so on. In this way, I would be lulled to sleep, and dream of an upside down world.

Artwork in Ritual Single-sheet book show (2013)

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