Luis de Jesus Los Angeles
Bergamot Station Art Center
2525 Michigan Ave, F-2
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Karen Ann Myers at Luis de Jesus Los Angeles
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Opens Saturday July 3, 2010 (5–8pm)
July 3, 2010 – Aug 7, 2010
Tuesdays–Saturdays (10am–6pm)
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“South Carolina-based artist Karen Ann Myers paints pictures of the beauty women desire, often at the expense of their own sanity. Myers' psychologically intense, densely decorated portraits examine our culture's hypersexualized obsession with glamour and physical beauty, touching on its aesthetic extremes, seductive appeal, and emotional casualties. Each image represents a certain aspect in a sort of collective self-portrait, with her subjects inhabiting a kaleidoscope of loneliness, power struggles, cocktail dresses, and clashing patterns.”
Shana Nys Dambrot, Flavorpill
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Get a glimpse into Myers' studio.
Luis de Jesus Gallery says:
In this new series of paintings and screen prints, Karen Ann Myers continues to explore what it means to be a young woman in contemporary society. Rooted in self-portraiture and autobiography, her paintings are documents that capture both the world around her and within her. Myers approaches her paintings like short stories or mini-narratives that are influenced by her intimate experiences with friends, family, and lovers. While the female figures that she depicts are often strong and confident in their sexuality, the paintings also offer a glimpse into the confusion and doubt felt by women in their moments of solitude. In this way, her paintings serve as psychological self-portraits. Each one is a reflection of feelings and experiences that she has lived through, as well as a projection of the moods and emotions experienced while painting them.
