Alessandra Exposito
dal 23/8/2006 al 6/10/2006
Segnalato da
23/8/2006
Alessandra Exposito
Mixed Greens, New York
Greener Pastures. The artist presents large-scale paintings and an installation of animal skulls. In the south gallery, the artist broadens her hen-centered iconography to construct a "trophy wall" of farm animals and beloved pets. In the north gallery, pieces of the trophy wall are repeated in Exposito's ambitious paintings.
Greener Pastures
Mixed Greens is thrilled to announce their second solo show with Alessandra Exposito. In Greener Pastures, Exposito presents large-scale paintings and an installation of animal skulls.
In the south gallery, Exposito broadens her hen-centered iconography to construct a “trophy wall" of farm animals and beloved pets. She flirts with machismo stereotypes of the “hunter" to create a wall of skulls that appropriate and exploit trendy accoutrements of femininity. Over a dozen chicken skulls hang together with skulls of a horse, dogs, cats and mice.
In the north gallery, pieces of the trophy wall are repeated in Exposito’s ambitious paintings. In each, a life-sized self-portrait floats among antlers, dead game, jewels and bullet holes on the canvas. Elements of the feminized hunt appear and surround the figure. Just as the trophy wall blurs the boundary between feminine and masculine, the entrancing figures appear to exist in an ambiguous in-between space.
Mixed Greens
531 West 26th Street New York City 10001
Gallery Hours
Monday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm, and by appointment.