October 2 - December 20, 2014, Mon-Fri 10am-6pm Sat 10am-5pm. Opening Reception with the Artist: Thursday, October 2, 5:30-7:30pm
New works by acclaimed British artist Annie Kevans in her first solo show on the West Coast. The paintings in her new series Women and the History of Art are reimagined portraits of female artists who have largely been forgotten by modern audiences. Kevans, a rising art star, was named in Harper's Bazaar's "Forty Under 40" and New Woman's "Brit Hit List". Concurrent with the exhibition, Kevans' series The Muses of Jean Paul Gaultier is a traveling exhibition at the National Gallery in Melbourne, and her work will be featured in a show at Marres Center for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht.
Kevans explores the relationship between power and identity through portraiture. Women and the History of Art asks why successful female artists are unknown. Expanding upon the series that began primarily with portraits of historical European artists, her new works take on a broader and more American scope. Kevans plans to include forgotten Pop artists of the 1960s, black female artists like Alma Thomas whose work is in the White House, and those who reached the spotlight, such as in the case of Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe, but whose achievements are sometimes attributed to their artist husbands. Kevans selects successful female artists who were left out of the art historical canon by male critics, and who were not given exhibitions because of their gender. The work is personal for Kevans, a professional artist and mother who lives and works in London where only 5% of the galleries exhibit an equal amount of male and female artists.
Kevans elegantly constructed composite portraits are based on existing images, research, imagination, and artist self-portraits. Focusing on historical figures, often the marginalized, overlooked, or objectified, Kevans brings to light, and challenges society's perception of selected individuals and groups. Kevans captures a piercing insight and imbues her subjects with a tangible humanity and sensuality
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