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‘In Search of Us’ with Petra Collins and Friends

To see more from the event, check out #PopRallyxPetra on Instagram.

Artists Petra Collins (@petrafcollins) and Madelyne Beckles (@bellhoox), who co-curated the digital salon “In Search of Us,” have been collaborating since high school. “We met in grade nine and clicked right away,” says Madelyne, who lives in Montreal. “We’ve both evolved into different artists, but love working together, because we are such great friends. Our differences lend themselves well to each other’s practices.”

For this project, which celebrates the representation of women by women, they selected two artists — Aleia Murawski (@aleia) and (@artbabygirl) — who along with Madelyne Grace Miceli produced unique video work. “From a feminist standpoint, collaboration is essential to my practice, politically and artistically,” Madelyne says. “It will always make work stronger and ideas come off more potent when there are different people involved working towards the same vision or goal. Also, to be real: you can’t do everything yourself.”

For Aleia, who lives in Chicago, this approach is familiar. “My art has been shown mostly within DIY women-led art spaces and projects,” she says. “It is a much different framework than the art world I studied in school. It is less about economy and more about forming relationships with other artists. I see this more and more: young artists starting projects to promote one another, to lift each other up and to create safe spaces and opportunities for each other.”

Grace, who lives in New York, agreed. “It’s incredible when your favorite artists are also your friends,” she says. “I want to be an artist who builds confidence in my viewers and makes them feel a little less alone — someone who helps us to understand each other and ourselves. These animations are meant to explore the complicated space a young woman inhabits, where the objects and experiences that are pushed upon you are simultaneously looked down upon by the world around you.”

“In Search of Us,” was timed with Petra and Madelyne’s event #PopRallyxPetra at @themuseumofmodernart on Saturday, March 18.

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