“Figure 8: The Contemporary Figure” Exhibition
Foley Gallery
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Foley Gallery presents Figure 8, a group exhibition featuring work by Phyllis Cedar, Andrea Joyce Heimer, Veronica Mortellaro, Michelle Kingdom, Tahir Carl Karmali, Elisabeth Higgins O’Conner, Rachell Sumpter and collaborative team Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz.
The artists in Figure 8 share an appreciation for storytelling and detail that is visually present in their narratives. Photography and painting are joined alongside mixed media, embroidered scenery and cast polyurethane snow globes.
By using thread as mark making agent, Michelle Kingdom (pictured above) explores “psychological landscapes” in her small-scale embroidered scenes. Her choice of medium simultaneously undermines and honors this tradition.
“Jua Kali” is Swahili for “Fierce Sun”, and photographer Tahir Carl Karmali personifies ideas he feels represent Nairobi, Kenya’s Jua Kali world. The images are created to look as if his subjects have adorned themselves with found objects, a mix of junk and super humanness.
Andrea Joyce Heimer creates autobiographical work using acrylics and pencil on panel. Her work reflects on the secretive, oppressive nature of stereotypes. Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz create small, detailed scenes in snow globes. They are best known for their “Travelers” series, which depicts ordinary people in unfortunate situations.
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Schedule
from January 18, 2017 to March 05, 2017
Opening Reception on 2017-01-18 from 18:00 to 20:00