Tara McPherson's Wandering LuminationsOpens Saturday, October 19th, at Jonathan LeVine Gallery
- Posted on: October 17, 2013 @ 5:00PM
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This weekend in NYC come check out painter, poster designer, gallery owner, and coolest mama on the block, Tara McPherson at her third solo show at Jonathan Levine Gallery. Wandering Luminations opens this Saturday, October 19th with a reception from 7-9pm and will remain on display until November 16th.
In this exhibition, McPherson continues her ongoing exploration into the relationship between the mysterious realms of deep space and deep sea, imagining dreamscapes set in these unknown, unexplored worlds. Dark waters are combined with celestial motifs such as stars, meteor showers and the glowing colors of Aurora Borealis. These new works contain the artist’s signature palette of pinks and teals, with a higher contrast in color values. Inspired by the pale/albino or bioluminescent pigments of life forms found in environments with an absence of sunlight, her imagined beings from unknown reaches of the void take on a ghostly presence, their otherworldly appearance further enhanced by unnatural details—hair formed of water or tentacles on some, waterfalls or mists pouring forth from the eyes of others. The female figures are portrayed along with other creatures such as wolves, polar bears and umibozu (dangerous ocean spirits in Japanese folklore, which have appeared in McPherson’s previous works).
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