Not exact matches
Shows have included Cerreality by Connecticut artist John O'Donnell, featuring sculptures created with
brightly colored cereal; Pomp and Plastic Things by Georgia artist Justin Hodges that included a green chromogenic living room; Reasonably Nice Things, installations based on the notion of home by Dayton artist Charmaine Renee; group shows like Self As
Subject and Trompe L'Oeil:
Paintings in Other Media featuring national artists; and Future Thinking, a collaboration between UD and Wright State art students.
Selections from the artist's Fuck Vietnam series, her quintessential Screw Drawings and an encompassing Signature Piece are combined with her newer, jewel - toned Dick in a Head drawings and
brightly - fluorescent Birth of the Universe
paintings to trace an incredible, decades - long continuity in
subject matter and visual language, while revealing an explicit development in form.
In the background, part - obscured by a chandelier, is a
brightly coloured abstract
painting: Berkeley No. 52, by American artist Richard Diebenkorn — currently the
subject of a major exhibition in the RA's Sackler galleries.
About the artists and their work: The late Anthony Ballard, known for his precise pen - and - ink drawings of erotic
subjects and geometrics, has garnered significant critical attention in recent years; Mercedes Kelly's fanciful depictions of canine and feline
subjects have been a crowd - pleasing fixture at the Fair over many seasons; Lawrence Pujol's refreshing country landscapes are becoming increasingly popular with collectors; Angela Rogers's «poppets» --- magical assemblages wrapped in
brightly - hued yarn — incorporate intriguing mystical symbolism; Robin Taylor's «Jenny»
paintings affectingly portray a young girl so bashful that her face is represented as a mop of bright orange hair; Alyson Vega's intricate fiber works, shown to great acclaim in a 2016 solo exhibition at the prestigious venue White Columns, surprise and enchant.
Lassnig created what could be seen as a singular lifelong oeuvre of work consisting of expressive,
brightly coloured oil
paintings with the human figure, using herself as
subject matter: time literally passes the viewer as they wander this honest and slightly melancholic exhibition.