I Was Happy Then


Employing labor-intensive craft and repetition, the artist constructs unfinished thoughts as text works for the audience to read and consider. I Was Happy Then features text that references the idea that the United States of America enjoyed better times in its past.

Krystal Ramirez is a Las Vegas-based artist working across media, utilizing photography, found materials and found text to engage in motifs of race, gender, and physical/emotional labor within the framework of her Latinidad.

www.krystalramirez.com

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