Artworks by Dean Anthony Brink

I paint to engage the otherness inherent to being in the world: the canvas provides limits needed, whereas writing poetry spills through its loopholes in all directions. I am currently working on a series using the phrases “safe spaces” to explore tensions in the presence of others in public contexts, building on recent works exploring “safe spaces” in gyms and steam rooms. I sometimes invoke Star Trek imagery as an imperfect symbol both of hope and of heterotopian encounter.