May 28 – June 24, 2017
NEW WORK by A Gallery artists in all media.
Introducing: Oil on canvas works of Tom Powell, and Mixed Media of Jennifer Joanou.
Paintings by Billy Hoff, Rez Williams, Donna Straw, Barbara Kassel, James Langlois and others.
Silk, wool and linen tapestry by Julia Mitchell.
Photographs by Mariana Cook and Brigitte Cornand.
Mixed media by Lucy Mitchell, Ilka List, Jane Rainwater.
LOST, 2017, oil on linen, 34 x 55 inches
June 27 to July 18, 2017
LILY MORRIS
American dream | New Paintings
The new series is informed by the online image-sharing culture of social media and the fantasy life that it espouses.
Home editing software and the internet allow individuals to promote their own fantasy lives in ways that were once the domain of commercial advertising agencies promoting products. Online, fantasy and reality are virtually indistinguishable. If, through social media, people can now be stars in their own commercials, what are these commercials actually about?
Browsing through many Instagram and Facebook feeds points to a new hyperreality of these self-made promotions – the highly curated representation of the American dream; wealth, exclusivity, and celebrity. If these simulations refer back to the glossy visual tactics of media advertising to create their “reality,” Morris is interested in shifting these reference points to a more personal emotional space.
The paintings portray a more flawed and vulnerable experience into these projections of the American dream, shifting the focus from symbols of wealth and prestige to more human questions about balance, control, and fulfillment.
