{"product_id":"indira-cesarine-equal-means-equal-steel","title":"Indira Cesarine \"Equal Means Equal\" Steel Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndira Cesarine \"Equal Means Equal\" 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSculpture: Steel Sheet Metal, Stainless Steel Nails, hand-welded by artist\u003cbr\u003eDimensions \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e24 × 12 × 12 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnique\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigned on verso, includes a signed certificate of authenticity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/untitled-space.art\/collections\/indira-cesarine\"\u003eIndira Cesarine\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, video, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Her practice explores feminist narratives, identity, power, and autobiographical themes, informed by her Latinx heritage and women’s history. Blending traditional and new media, Cesarine examines contemporary culture through work that is both intimate and politically resonant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA graduate of Columbia University with a triple major in Art History, French, and Women’s Studies, she has additionally studied at Parsons School of Design, the International Center of Photography (ICP), the School of Visual Arts (SVA), The New York Film Academy, and The New York Academy of Art. Cesarine began exhibiting at a young age, presenting her first solo exhibition at sixteen, and has since shown her work internationally at museums, galleries, and art fairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work has been exhibited at institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hudson Valley MOCA, Mattatuck Museum, Albany Institute of History \u0026amp; Art, The Watermill Center, Annmarie Sculpture Garden in partnership with the Smithsonian, Agnes Varis Art Center at UrbanGlass, CICA Museum, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, and the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. She has also exhibited her artwork at Art Basel Miami Beach, SCOPE Art Show, SPRING\/BREAK Art Show, the French Embassy Cultural Center, Smack Mellon, A.I.R. Gallery, Canvas 3.0 at the World Trade Center, and the Every Woman Biennial (2022, 2024, 2026). She has participated in artist residencies, including Silver Art Projects (2021), Norwood Club (2020), and her ongoing residency at The Parlor NYC since 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCesarine’s work has been included in prominent benefit auctions such as “Take Home a Nude” at Phillips and Sotheby’s New York, ARTWALK NY supporting the Coalition for the Homeless, and the Gabrielle’s Angels Gala. Her public art projects include the “FUTURE VISION” billboard series presented by Save Art Space; “The Egg of Light,” exhibited at Rockefeller Center as part of the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt; and representing New York State for “HER FLAG,” a nationwide initiative commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment, exhibited at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Clinton Memorial Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer exhibitions and artwork have been featured in leading international publications, including \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, Vogue, Forbes, Newsweek, W Magazine, Dazed, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Harper’s Bazaar\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to her artistic practice, Cesarine is the founder of The Untitled Magazine, The Untitled Space, and Art4Equality. She lives and works in Tribeca, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eARTIST STATEMENT \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Empowering feminist themes are a point of departure for my multidisciplinary practice. My work begins in a deeply personal place and expands outward into collective experience. Through my practice, I seek to reclaim visual space historically defined by patriarchal frameworks, constructing narratives rooted in agency rather than objectification.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing from art history, mythology, and philosophy, my work weaves historical reference with contemporary urgency. My Latinx heritage informs my engagement with cultural memory and layered identity, reflecting the intersection of personal experience and collective struggle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorking across neon, photography, sculpture, painting, and installation, I allow concept to determine form. I am drawn to the tension between fragility and strength—glass neon that feels delicate yet charged with urgency, and materials that embody both vulnerability and resistance. Through light as both material and metaphor, I explore visibility, power, and perception.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy work challenges systems of power and serves as a catalyst for social change. Themes of gender equality, bodily autonomy, and democracy recur throughout my practice, creating work that is both intimate and political while reclaiming space for historically marginalized voices.” - Indira Cesarine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRead more about her artwork and exhibitions on our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/untitled-space.com\/portfolio\/indira-cesarine-2\/\" title=\"Indira Cesarine\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewebsite\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Untitled Space","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42355403948114,"sku":"IC-SS-1","price":9999.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/6235\/9378\/files\/INDIRACESARINE-EQUALMEANSEQUALSCULPTURE0727x.jpg?v=1781467612","url":"https:\/\/untitled-space.art\/products\/indira-cesarine-equal-means-equal-steel","provider":"The Untitled Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}