About this show:
Body Surreal is a show of art comprised of the work of three painters. Each artist explores their process differently but with the common thread of the body. The paintings in process become a body of work. Amanda’s paintings weave through memories of self and family, often touching on the juxtapositions of humans’ place in the world. Meadow’s painting stretches back in time, studies the works of strong women painters such as Sirani and Gentileschi, and responds with interpretations of bodies pushing back against the patriarchy. Jolyn’s paintings are dream studies and are somatically inspired by the body and its grief and healing response to past traumas and present-day oppressions.
Why surreal? The dictionary defines surreal as something strange or dreamlike. In the past, many surreal artists often used their art to critique and respond to social imbalance and injustice. We believe that, at its base, art can be a way, in its dreamlike quality, to question established reality and invoke change through the creative process. Hence, our title, The Body Surreal.