#jessicaspens

[bellus-spiritus]

‘Snow Day’ group exhibition @thierrygoldberg works by #PatrickQuarm #MarcelaFlorido #JessicaSpens #IsaacMann #DavidShrobe #JessicaWesthafer Opening tonight Thurs 6-8 Exhibition Jan 10 - Feb 10, 109 Norfolk Street, NYC The exhibition takes its title fr @_JessicaWesthafer ’s painting “Snow Day”, 2018, which presents a carefree winter scene. Westhafer’s paintings offer intimate glimpses into everyday events, with subjects both vulnerable & playful.  Her graphic style & use of vivid colors help to make these commonplace scenes, taken from the artist’s own experiences, notable – they are exaggerated, but still capture distinctive, human emotions. 1. Patrick Quarm @_quarm “Untitled”, 2019 paint, fabric, metal Quarm’s work deals with cultural fusion. The artist, born & raised in Ghana, currently living in the US, is focused on the idea of a hybrid culture & identity: the creation of something entirely new that happens when histories & experiences are merged. 2. & 3. Jessica Spens (b.1986) @jessmyart “Braids and Barettes”, 2018 & “Weekends at Aunties”, 2018 Spence uses women & girls she knows as subjects for her unconventional portraits. 4. David Shrobe @daveshrobe “Glaciation 1”, 2019 mixed media on canvas 32” x 26” Shrobe merges painting, drawing, collage, sculpture & found objects to create complex assemblages that challenge conventions of classical portraiture. 5. Marcela Florido (b.1988) @m.florido “Untitled”, 2018 oil on canvas Florido uses her work to confront traditions in painting & investigate where they come from & what histories they communicate. She employs figuration to challenge artistic traditions of her native Brazil, where figuration in art is not widely accepted; women’s bodies, in particular, are often seen as taboo, especially for a #femaleartist to portray. 6. Isaac Mann (b.1986) @isaac.mann “Untitled”, 2019 oil on canvas 64” x 103” Mann crafts a chaotic, mysterious narrative with his paintings. Characters & forms will recur between works; his figures are abstracted, composed of simplified shapes & intertwined with each other, imbuing the compositions with even more ambiguity. 7. Jessica Westhafer “Feels Like Summer” (at Thierry Goldberg Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bscjd_Clvhe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b0gfkw0hznf0