Amy Sollins: Introspective
On view until
August 26, 2017
Amy Sollins creates charcoal
drawings of her possessions, including her grandmother’s cast iron
doorstop, underwear, jewelry, and other inanimate objects that have
meaning for her, revealing a whimsical nostalgia for sacred and personal
artifacts. Uprooted from the context of her life, the artifacts are
drawn on large white pieces of paper, floating and swimming,
disregarding the natural laws of gravity. She draws with the softest charcoal
possible so that the dust falls in shadows, enhancing the objects from
her personal mythology and that of her heritage. The result is a surreal
narrative, where scale and context are less relevant than emotive
charge, and the everyday, inanimate object is poetry. She is interested
in the difference between perception and reality, and her work is
rooted in the ways in which the scale of objects and their meanings may
be opposite and the same—at the same time; the unity of opposites, the
co-existence of being and non-being.
Baccarat Cat & Plastic Shoe
charcoal on paper
Pink & Blue Creche Angels
charcoal on paper
Strawberry Shortcake Plate
charcoal on paper
Her charcoal images are subtle, moody but stunning when examined closely. The Marsh King's Daughter
is one of these amazing works, however, the frame for it is as
astonishing as the work itself. The frame is made up of hundreds of
match sticks she glued on one-by-one.
The Marsh King's Daughter
charcoal on paper, matchsticks
Adyta
oil on canvas
A native of Baltimore Maryland, Amy Sollins earned her M.F.A. from the California College of Arts in Oakland and her B.A. from Syracuse University. Her
work has been exhibited at the Seattle Art Museum, Oakland Museum of California, San Jose Museum of Art, Fresno Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, Richmond Art Center and numerous
galleries.
untitled
oil pastel on paper
2889 Ford Street, third floor
Oakland, CA 94601
510.499.3445
email: Gray Loft Gallery
The gallery is a member of the
Jingletown Arts and Business Association
and the Oakland Art Murmur
Hours: Summer Hours by appointment (call or email)
510.499.3445
email: Gray Loft Gallery
The gallery is a member of the
Jingletown Arts and Business Association
and the Oakland Art Murmur
Hours: Summer Hours by appointment (call or email)
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Styrous® ~ Monday, August 7, 2017
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