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Barbara Masterson
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"Hands That Feed Us" Project

May 1st, 2023 reproductions of my paintings were installed on five structures in a three mile radius in Marlborough, New York. Give me a shout when you visit "The Vinedresser" - it is on one of our barns where my studio is located.

Click on the image below for a PDF where you can scan the QR code for more details or print it out to take the tour!

 

Transformation.

Art is like a serum, transforming it's audience for good or ill.

As I paint, the play of light has taken my breath away.

Migrant workers came into view. They have transformed my vision.

Familiar shapes in fields and orchards, migrant workers toil in the Hudson Valley doing jobs most Americans won't, earning modest wages, sometimes risking deportation.

Hard at work, they summon our attention and invite us to come closer, to see their labor and their humanity.
Who are they? Can you see them?

It’s possible for society to confer invisibility on a group. It’s convenient; if the group is invisible we relieve ourselves of concern about health care, working conditions, pesticides, housing, lack of ability to get their own food.

What is life like for them? What role do we play in keeping them unseen? My work can expand our perceptions of these workers. If only by their images in my paintings, the viewer will come to see these persons for the vital role they have in our lives.

Below is a video created by David Gonzalez whom is the musician/storyteller/poet.


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