Public Animal
Public Animal
Solo exhibition at Reading Room Gallery
15th August - 2nd September
65-66 Frith Street, Soho, London W1
Private view 18th August 6 - 9pm
Solo exhibition at Reading Room Gallery
15th August - 2nd September
65-66 Frith Street, Soho, London W1
Private view 18th August 6 - 9pm
The Other at Gallery Atsui
The Other
October 8 – 30, 2010.
Opening Reception October 8, 8 pm.
Kitty Blandy
Jillian Mcdonald
Carrie Walker
Guest Curated by Michael Bjornson
The exhibition “The Other”…posits the hypothesis that all creative expression is, in a sense, self portraiture or, at the very least, an extension of the way we see and/or feel about ourselves. Each of the three artists infuse something of themselves in their creative endeavors.
Jillian Mcdonald injects herself into film clips, replacing the performances of the original female love interests, playing opposite romantic film stars, with performances of her own.
Carrie Walker seeks out the faces of women who have her name in common. She then renders a portrait of each woman “…charting a meticulous visual investigation of identity and the meaning of portraiture. This collision of fine art portraiture with the snapshot blurs the boundaries between self and other…..” Camilla Pickard
Kitty Blandy’s sculptural and drawing “portraits” frequently employ anthropomorphisis to adroitly capture the core nuances of her subjects. Finely sculpted heads become bobble-heads on animal torsos or are fused on sock monkey bodies. Are they all self portraits?
Michael Bjornson.
October 8 – 30, 2010.
Opening Reception October 8, 8 pm.
Kitty Blandy
Jillian Mcdonald
Carrie Walker
Guest Curated by Michael Bjornson
The exhibition “The Other”…posits the hypothesis that all creative expression is, in a sense, self portraiture or, at the very least, an extension of the way we see and/or feel about ourselves. Each of the three artists infuse something of themselves in their creative endeavors.
Jillian Mcdonald injects herself into film clips, replacing the performances of the original female love interests, playing opposite romantic film stars, with performances of her own.
Carrie Walker seeks out the faces of women who have her name in common. She then renders a portrait of each woman “…charting a meticulous visual investigation of identity and the meaning of portraiture. This collision of fine art portraiture with the snapshot blurs the boundaries between self and other…..” Camilla Pickard
Kitty Blandy’s sculptural and drawing “portraits” frequently employ anthropomorphisis to adroitly capture the core nuances of her subjects. Finely sculpted heads become bobble-heads on animal torsos or are fused on sock monkey bodies. Are they all self portraits?
Michael Bjornson.
