Sharilyn Neidhardt “Supermassive Black Hole”

Art During the Occupation Gallery / Brooklyn Fire Proof

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In large-scale paintings of fragmented images that comprise Supermassive Black Hole, Sharilyn Neidhardt’s work grapples with human feeling in the age of late-stage capitalism. Tumbling urban landscapes fractured in reflection stagger under the weight of gentrification. Human connections are strained by a near-constant barrage of information and convenience; forces of hyperreality and hyper-normalization strain our mammal brains and bodies.

Sharilyn Neidhardt is a Brooklyn-based visual artist. She blends her experiences as a photojournalist and as a paintmaker into her work depicting experiences of urban life. She was a core member of glowlab and created the Human Scale Chess Game, which was played in several North American cities. With artist Sal Randolph, Ms. Neidhardt toured in the musical act Weapons of Mass Destruction, for which she composed several songs. Sharilyn is a co-founder of the artists community Trans-cen-der, which meets monthly in Brooklyn. She’s an avid cyclist, loves midnight movies, and speaks only a little German.