Ostroverhy said. Yet it's future is uncertain. Ostroverhy believes he will move to Seattle, to be near his parents.
The Territory's latest project is a triptych that includes a giant canvas portrait of Hillary Clinton in the pose of Bernini's "Ecstasy of St. Teresa." In Ostroverhy's rendering, Hillary is incapable of heavenward ecstasy, only terrestrial anxiety: "It is not a cheap shot. It is an artwork on the deep meditative elements of the human face. We are trying to bring the whole energy of the Territory into that painting. So of course you see how the Hillary project is connected to an underground, militarized British-style youth hostel?"
I had to admit, I did.
Sergio Ostroverhy can be reached via his Web site, ostroverhy.com
