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WepaWoman

I'll Shank a B*tch!

About Me

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My Interests

www.longwoodarts.org/artists/wandawww.wepawoman.blogspot.com Joaquin Phoenix, The Boondocks, Vanessa Beecroft, Art Books, Gallery openings, Conversations about Racism, Sexism Classism... People that WANT to have that conversation. Opinionated Fuckers, determined winners, I AM DOWN WITH THE BROWN and anyone who knows me will know that factFashion Illustration, fashion in general, MY DOGGIES!!! (I love them SOOO MUCH! Art, Music, Books, cooking, eating, Dancing (to burn off the food) Gay boys with mucho gusto, Girls with COJONES!!!

I'd like to meet:

Art freaks, people that are DOING IT, seeing it, appreciating it, dog afficionados. No wierdo's, please.MY LIST OF EMBARASSING CELEBRITY CRUSHES: GEORGE LOPEZ! Geoffrey Rush, Kevin Spacey, The Rock, Salma Hayek, Rosario Dawson, (yeah I know, whatever), Sean Penn, Vin Diesel, Patrick Stewart (it seems that I like them really brainy or real meat heads... who knew...Johnny Depp. Go on, laugh. See what's gunna happen. Lauren Hill, although I am not sure if it's to hug her or slap her...DONT FORGET TO PET MY LITTLY PIGGY :)

adopt your own virtual pet!

Music:

Afro Anything, fela, GOOD OL FASHIONED HOUSE MUSIC, femi kuti, burning spear, anti-balas, vaya, ya esta, si es, retro eighties new wave, 70's salsa, funk, as long as it's swingin' AND I AM LOVIN M.I. A. and Miss Kittn right now.

Movies:

A Christmas Story, a Bronx Tale, American History X, Frida, House of Sand and Fog, Shrek2, So I married and Ax Murderer, Y tu Mama tambien, Sex and Lucia, Memento, In the Bedroom, Old School, Bend it like Beckham, Mystic River, CLINT EASTWOOD SPAGHETTI WESTERNS, Star Wars (i know, i know Revenge of the Sith, but it really WAS good!) The Incredibles, X-Men 2, Take the Money and Run, Lolita (the original), Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. It's all over the place, right?

Television:

24, Boston Legal, law and Order ANYTHING (CSI sucks. y'all) YOU TUBE!

Books:

Reviving Ophelia, The Indespensible Calvin and Hobbes, Like Water for Chocolate, Love in the time of Cholera, Invisible Man, Beloved, The Celestine Prophesy, DaVinci Code, my Ikea catalogue, Anthology of Puerto Rican writers, Smokin' Lovely

Heroes:

Frida Kahlo, Wangechi Mutu, Kara Walker, Whitfield Lovell, Wonder Woman, my mom, Jackie Battenfield, erykah Badu, Jeanette ingberman and Papo Colo, Pepon Osorio, Bill Aguado, DJ SNATCH. These folks DO IT, and are teaching me to be the same. Powerful, tenacious, loving, intense, focused. DAMN man! I love these guys! Work it out! So proud of them all! Honored by their teaching (whether they know it or not) thank you

My Blog

Time

Tick tock tick tock tick tock... my heart is pounding in my chest today. Thumping, clanging, signaling yet another change. Paper scattered around my studio, bits of charcoal ground into the concrete, ...
Posted by WepaWoman on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:54:00 PST

Dynamo (vintage journal entry)

(this was originally written in 2006- i thought it interestingvso here I share it with you)I ride the train thinking about drawing, things that i have to do do do! Go go GO! and see my reflection in t...
Posted by WepaWoman on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:42:00 PST

DECOMPRESSION

my head is just above my body. i can feel air in my lungs, warm sun on my skin, the swish of my shoulderbag shifting rhythmically with my steps. Cascades of dogwood and magnolia blossoms pour out bef...
Posted by WepaWoman on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:34:00 PST

Conflict

Have you ever had one of those moments when you see yourself outside of yourself and realize that you just might be that crazy friend that people talk about over drinks? Not the one that got an olive ...
Posted by WepaWoman on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:28:00 PST

OMG TOM & JERRY CARTOONS !!!!PLEASE CHECK EM OUT!

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Posted by WepaWoman on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:09:00 PST

Archived review of shows is Phillie

ARTZinger missles: Mark Gilbert (above) and Mauro Zamora create red-hot art.Heat and Why It MattersTaking posterity head on. by Roberta FallonIn today's global art scenewhere a Malaysian artist maki...
Posted by WepaWoman on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:45:00 PST

RUTGERS OPEN STUDIOS THIS WEEKEND 3/31/07

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE ARTISTS IN THEIR STUDIOS!!Civic Square Building: 33 Livingston Ave.New Brunswick, New JerseyNJ TRANSIT NE CORRIDOR TO NEW BRUNSWICK STATIONWE ARE BETWEEN GEORGE ...
Posted by WepaWoman on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:25:00 PST

The Performances

For those of you that may not know what the hell Performance Art is, here is its definition by Wikipedia:Performance art is art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and ...
Posted by WepaWoman on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:07:00 PST

Es que no ha sido facil (It just hasn't been easy)

What has become of our beloved Wepa Woman?! Who has had the power to bring our hero to her knees? What fiendish being could have the cruelty to break the strongest of women? Who was that figure that w...
Posted by WepaWoman on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:23:00 PST

Britney Aint the Only one...

I am the artist and author of a series of comic inspired (and loosely autobiographical) works called Wepa Woman, a Puerto Rican super hero character that has been serving her public for several years....
Posted by WepaWoman on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:42:00 PST