Amy Longenecker-Brown "Cloistered Virgin Fancies"
Monya Rowe Gallery
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The title of the exhibition, Cloistered Virgin Fancies, was inspired by Gustav Flaubert’s novel The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1874), and in particular the introduction in The Modern Library edition by the philosopher Michel Foucault. As the exhibition title suggests, the new paintings explore the relationship between restraint and action. For example, in Fleur Forsyte Loves Jon Forsyte (2009), an empty theatre is depicted with a projection of two people kissing on a movie screen. At once exuding loneliness and passion, the viewer becomes the voyeur and the protagonist. Throughout the exhibition, actual experiences are mediated through cinema and literature. For instance, experiencing a love affair without the lover or watching it happen to others...the "safe" way. Each painting renders a small climactic moment within an empty room that could change the course of a character's future, for better or worse.
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Schedule
from June 18, 2009 to July 31, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-06-18 from 18:00 to 20:00