DEBORAH BROWN – PARTS UNKNOWN
2020-04-06Deborah Brown’s paintings begin in her imagination and explore her own personal truth. Women, stripped of their protective and identifying clothing, navigate familiar landscapes as if in a dream. Their nudity makes them seem simultaneously vulnerable and powerful, as if they have returned to elemental or archaic origins.
The female protagonists occupy a variety of spaces—walking on an ominous beach, journeying through the forest, paddling canoes, far from the quotidian activities of civilization. The presence of canine companions implies a departure or exile from a domestic setting, as well as an unseen threat that might require their protective services. Using the ever-complicated but recognizable nude female form, at times expressive, in others stoic, the artist manages to capture a moment of internal analysis still unresolved, leaving the viewer to ponder the impending story-line.
Opposite – Climber, 2019
Exhibition runs through to May 9th, 2020
GAVLAK
340 Royal Poinciana Way, Suite M334
FL 33480
Palm Beach
