Noah Xifr aka Bird
Artist - NoahXArts
PAINTINGS
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Come 2 Papa
Come 2 Papa (OctoBird Family series)
2019
Acrylic paint, charcoal, and paint markers on canvas paper
30”W x 42”H
With multiple arms and legs, this OctoBird Dad gestures ominously pulling the viewer in while carrying a decapitated juvenile. Recently while bird watching, I saw a Grackle eating another bird’s young. Papa has an exposed tinkered heart and one foot is raised atop the beginnings of an upside down exploding nuclear bomb. The contained rawness of the violence here is reminiscent of Goya’s black paintings. The text - Come 2 Papa draws the audience in like watching a train wreck. This painting is part of a series exploring healing from familial interpersonal trauma. -
Mine (OctoBird Family series)
Mine (OctoBird Family series)
2019
Acrylic paint, charcoal, and paint markers on canvas paper
30”W x 42”H
With multiple arms and legs, this OctoBird Mom dances while gesturing greedily pulling words tightly in. The text warns - All Mine / Beware Your Blood My Water. Symbolically this water lit environment is like a womb. This painting is part of a series exploring healing from familial interpersonal trauma. -
Take Flight
Take Flight (NYC MTA Metrocard miniature painting)
2023
Acrylic paint, inks, markers, pencils, gesso on found used NYC MTA Metrocard
3.5”W x 2.25”H
These miniature paintings on found NYC MTA Metrocards are interactions inspired by text and design originally printed on each card. The reverse side reads - Get a grip and / TAKE - Flight. The word - Flight - is improvised from the classic MTA logo font, and is cradled by a pair of wings. -
SMH Not Again
Conversation painting.
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Yeah No
Conversation painting.
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Maybe? Canary
Conversation painting.
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Empower
Painting.