Sofia Maldanado, 715 West Main Street, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 2012

While Sofia Maldonado’s paintings on the museum are not graffiti because it is not an act of defiance by an individual on a public space, her works illustrate one of the many ways in which a museum can interact and provide a platform for visual artists. West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky became her studio for 3 days as she completed her work with the help of assistants.  Sofia, who hails from Puerto Rico and divides her time now between NYC and Puerto Rico, added text inspired by her interactions with people in Louisville as she asked for comments from passerbys.  Staff and visitors of the coffee shop across the street enjoyed seeing the work unfold real-time. Her work is also a form of performance or “artist as laborer working in Kentucky” that is specifically relevant in a process oriented craft context that defines the museum’s mission. Foto y Texto KMAC