8/9/2005
Maureen Cavanaugh
31Grand, New York
Lovey Loverson. The paintings and drawings depict a fantastical female world while at the same time dealing with the immediacy of contemporary love, isolation and fear. Influenced by contemporary Japanese painting and animation, her big eyed girls dwell in dreamlike scenes of nature, animals and the promise/threat of romance.
Lovey Loverson
The paintings and drawings in Maureen's first solo show in New York depict a
fantastical female world while at the same time dealing with the immediacy
of contemporary love, isolation and fear. Cavanaugh's self referencing
paintings are built up of washy acrylic layers. Influenced by contemporary
Japanese painting and animation, Maureen's big eyed girls dwell in dreamlike
scenes of nature, animals and the promise/threat of romance. The lush, sweet
imagery captures fleeting moments of childlike innocence and ecstasy.
Tension presents itself in the form of intrusion from the outside world.
Maureen has had work in Interested Painting at the University of Illinois at
Chicago. And Contemporary Painting curated by Alex Katz, at the Colby
College Museum of Art, Maine. Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, Cavanaugh
moved to Brooklyn in 2001 after finishing a BFA at the College of Santa Fe.
Image. Ski Mask, 2005, acrylic on canvas, 10 x 10
Reception: Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, 7-10pm
31GRAND
31 Grand Street - Brooklyn
Gallery hours: F-M, 1pm  7pm