Artist Talk and Walk through of 4 Solo Exhibitions
Megan Frances: Canopy of Dreams
E.E. Kono: Curio
Linda Stelling: Daydreams
Darlyn Susan Yee: Wearing it On Our Sleeves
Exhibitions run through December 3, 2021
In her exhibition of new paintings, Canopy of Dreams, Megan Frances symbolically pays homage to the beauty of the natural world, while alluding to humanity’s destructive impact on it. Primarily abstract with thematic representational elements, the series alludes to lost or threatened settings like the lush, canopied rainforests of the sub-tropics. Formal compositional interventions, the works are painted on found textile which Frances has adapted as a ground in lieu of canvas.
With E.E. Kono’s exhibit Curio, the stories we tell ourselves create the world, allegory in art is when the subject, or various elements that form the artwork, is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning. It’s a genre that often regains popularity in decades of conflict. But while symbolism and narrative can have an immense power to illustrate ideas in ways that are easily digestible, understanding the imagery often requires that the viewer possess prior knowledge of complex references.
Linda Stelling’s new exhibition Daydreams reflects on the transformative and seductive qualities of memory and dreams and how the two can work together to evoke the possibilities of positive change in the world and in ourselves. Stelling’s work stems from the culmination of familial stories, fantasies and subliminal messages to communicate human qualities we all have but sometimes fail to recognize or act upon.
Darlyn Susan Yee creates fiber-based socially engaging figurative sculptures and installations to engage the viewer to explore the relationship between materials and form. With her solo exhibit Wearing It On Our Sleeves, she re-contextualizes the more feminized traditions and practices of fiber art inverted through the use of industrial materials to explore issues of gender identity, sense of place and purpose, and cultural identity and commonality.
