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These works propose an alternative geography where humans, animals, and nature inhabit one another. Mundo Meza’s painting of a brawny merman reclining on a mandolin and rafa esparza’s portrait of himself embedded in the land exemplify how some artists are attempting to decenter an anthropocentric worldview by rejecting any traces of an identifiable landscape that could point to a particular nationalist agenda, cultural context, or even heteronormative conception of humanity. In other artworks, such as Dalton Gata’s painting of a blonde character with her mane ablaze, artists include shape-shifting figures that appear in fellowship with their environment. Their works gesture toward ways of resisting hierarchical structures of power that advance new forms of envisioning the future and the beings that populate it.

Vibrant abstract artwork featuring a central cluster of dark textures and colorful flowers, set against a dynamic background of swirling colors.
A surreal painting of a figure with flowing hair and a furry outfit, set against a stormy landscape, framed in ornate wood.
Digital art display with vibrant purple and pink organic shapes, flowers, and insects on a multi-panel screen in a dimly lit room.
A grayscale painting of a muscular merman with a guitar, adorned with star-shaped decorations in his hair, set against a dark background.

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Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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