Philip Slein Gallery: Friday, 16 September 2011
Reception: Friday, September 16th, 2011, 6-8 pm runs through October 29th
Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-5pm. Cost: Free and open to the public.
The Philip Slein Gallery presents Wonderland: A Bright and Guilty Place, recent figurative paintings by an artist, Phyllis Bramson, frequently linked to the Chicago Imagists. Perhaps the Chicago artist her work most resembles, however, is Henry Darger, all of whose artistic efforts went towards a child-like depiction of an imaginary planet, complete with all sorts of submerged
eroticism. Phyllis’ other art historical references include: Indian and Persian miniatures, 16th and 17th century French ornamental painting, Japanese art and design, as well as Victorian-era depictions of fairies. Curators have frequently pointed out the theatrical in Bramson’s paintings, for example: Lanny Silverman notes “her theatrical use of pattern, decorative elements and filigree that recall historic notions of the Rococo,” even as she depicts Rococo-like scenes in her paintings.
Bramson calls her paintings “ruminations about submerged eroticism played out against operatic opulence.” To paraphase what Stephen Prokopoff says about Henry Darger, her art enables her to transform her obsessions into luminous productions.
Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-5pm. Cost: Free and open to the public.
The Philip Slein Gallery presents Wonderland: A Bright and Guilty Place, recent figurative paintings by an artist, Phyllis Bramson, frequently linked to the Chicago Imagists. Perhaps the Chicago artist her work most resembles, however, is Henry Darger, all of whose artistic efforts went towards a child-like depiction of an imaginary planet, complete with all sorts of submerged
eroticism. Phyllis’ other art historical references include: Indian and Persian miniatures, 16th and 17th century French ornamental painting, Japanese art and design, as well as Victorian-era depictions of fairies. Curators have frequently pointed out the theatrical in Bramson’s paintings, for example: Lanny Silverman notes “her theatrical use of pattern, decorative elements and filigree that recall historic notions of the Rococo,” even as she depicts Rococo-like scenes in her paintings.
Bramson calls her paintings “ruminations about submerged eroticism played out against operatic opulence.” To paraphase what Stephen Prokopoff says about Henry Darger, her art enables her to transform her obsessions into luminous productions.
The Philip Slein Gallery
314.621.4634
1319 Washington Ave.
Downtown St. Louis
314.621.4634
1319 Washington Ave.
Downtown St. Louis
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