January 2021
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Sally Brown
ARTIST STATEMENT
Inspired by Yves Klein’s Anthropometries (1960), I create body prints alternatively with feminist intent, as director, artist and model, each dedicated to a woman artist in abstract, expressive forms reminiscent of inkblot tests. Using my body, my work initiates conversations on gender and body image, as well as my role as mother. I recognize similar inquiries [cries] from other (women) artists and that my frustrations and expressions are not unique. I developed this series of tributes to feminist and women artists past and present, with the physicality of writing their quotes [cries] and erasing/painting over, to remember while also recognizing their (frustrating and unfortunate) potential ill fate to history, (and also, the fact that my art is not enough to honor or remember them, nor are such tributes a new idea). Created with admiration, I left one parenthesis off the titles with optimism. My titles include the line “Mother Art” in reference to my role as a literal mother, but also the artists’ (chosen or not) role in paving the way for artists like me.
Some of the recent prints include excerpts from pop love songs written by female artists, that I made soon after my divorce, reflecting on self-love and relationships; tributes to these young women as we all find our way.
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Sally Brown
ARTIST STATEMENT
Inspired by Yves Klein’s Anthropometries (1960), I create body prints alternatively with feminist intent, as director, artist and model, each dedicated to a woman artist in abstract, expressive forms reminiscent of inkblot tests. Using my body, my work initiates conversations on gender and body image, as well as my role as mother. I recognize similar inquiries [cries] from other (women) artists and that my frustrations and expressions are not unique. I developed this series of tributes to feminist and women artists past and present, with the physicality of writing their quotes [cries] and erasing/painting over, to remember while also recognizing their (frustrating and unfortunate) potential ill fate to history, (and also, the fact that my art is not enough to honor or remember them, nor are such tributes a new idea). Created with admiration, I left one parenthesis off the titles with optimism. My titles include the line “Mother Art” in reference to my role as a literal mother, but also the artists’ (chosen or not) role in paving the way for artists like me.
Some of the recent prints include excerpts from pop love songs written by female artists, that I made soon after my divorce, reflecting on self-love and relationships; tributes to these young women as we all find our way.
Sally Brown is an artist, curator and writer currently based in Morgantown. Her artwork including drawing, painting and performance, explores womanhood, motherhood and the body. She has exhibited her work in spaces nationally and in the UK. She has won two awards for illustration for Intimates and Fools and Leaves of Absence, both with poetry by Laura Madeline Wiseman. Her writing has been published in Hyperallergic, Women's Art Journal and Artslant, among others. She has curated group shows in Omaha, Nashville, Pittsburgh and Morgantown. She holds a Bachelor of Arts-Studio Art, a Master of Public Administration and Master of Arts- Art History and Feminist Theory. She is a member of the College Art Association National Committee on Women in the Arts, edits the online journal Les Femmes Folles, and currently serves as Exhibits Coordinator for WVU Libraries.
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Website: https://sallydeskins.wixsite.com/feministart
Instagram handle: @sallery_art
FaceBook: @salleryart
Website: https://sallydeskins.wixsite.com/feministart
Instagram handle: @sallery_art
FaceBook: @salleryart