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It's in the Cards | Atlanta : Cayla Birk "Take the Lot"
Past exhibition
8 - 10 June 2024
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago.
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Detail photo of “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black Detail photo
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Detail photo of “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black Detail photo
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Detail photo of “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black Detail photo
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Detail photo of “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black from Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black Detail photo
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Detail photo of “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black Detail photo

Cayla Birk

El Tiburón, 2023
Acrylic, Silicone, Ink & Spray Paint on Canvas
48 x 36 in
121.9 x 91.4 cm
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ), currently selected., currently selected., currently selected. “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Detail photo of “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Detail photo of “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Detail photo of “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Detail photo of “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black from Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) Detail photo of “El Tiburón”, painting by Cayla Birk artist from South Florida. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago. The artist’s technique blends traditional acrylic paints with unique materials, creating a distinct mixed media style. Birk's work is marked by intricate designs and recognizable gestures, combining contemporary culture, history, music, and literature. Her art challenges conventional thinking, offering new and unexpected experiences. Colors of this work : Red, Blue, Teal, Beige, White, Black
This series depicts Lotería cards, a Mexican bingo-like game, stemming from the popular Tarot game that has pervaded most parts of the world since the early 15th century. The imagery...
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This series depicts Lotería cards, a Mexican bingo-like game, stemming from the popular Tarot game that has pervaded most parts of the world since the early 15th century. The imagery feels recognizable due to varying cultures creating their own renditions of the game. Its early beginnings are rooted in Italian history with a traditional deck of cards adjoining “face cards” having specific actions for each - as a predominantly gambling game, the Church set out to create a less heretic version therefore spawning the “cards of divination” that allude to what most people know as modern day Tarot.

Through historical diaspora, the people of Mexico also adopted their own version of the infamous game: with the cards being used as the “call numbers” found on differing “tablas” held by each player - quite similar to bingo. Lotería in Spanish translates to lottery meaning it is a game of chance/luck.

With this context in mind, the body of work boasts objects that are not so easily earned. The juxtaposition of a lottery versus the monetary success needed to acquire such high-end assets is prevalent throughout the series. In essence, you don’t accept the fate of luck, but instead make your own - you take the lot.
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