BELLOWS FALLS-Canal Street Art Gallery, 23 Canal St., presents a solo show by Whitney Barrett, on display through June 14.
Barrett presents paper collages and mixed media paintings using line drawings of anamorphic figures along with hand-stamped papers, gel prints, tissue paper, found words, and pages from romance novels. These new artworks continue a series Barrett has explored for the past two decades, creating visual metaphors to express her main interest: communication.
"The artist's love of fairy tales, wonder tales, myths, and legends, combines with ideas about hetero-normatave relationships, gendered expectations, female rage, patronization, fetishization and absurdity, to create the figures which dominate the narratives of Barrett's work," organizers wrote in a news release. "These figures assume the role of 'characters' in an ongoing story as revealed by the artist.
The paper collages in Barrett's solo show are titled and based on found text from romance novels such as: "Her temper was well flown," "'No,' she muttered beneath her breath," and "Such a mouthy little wench."
For more information about the Whitney Barrett solo show, visit canalstreetartgallery.com, call Mike by phone at 802-289-0104, or email [email protected].
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