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Femmenology
Femmenology
April 20-May 26, 2023
Jessica Silverman is pleased to present “Femmenology” a group exhibition highlighting women artists, many of which will be featured in the gallery’s 2023–24 exhibition program. Paintings and sculpture by Kimberly Benson, Julie Buffalohead, Andrea Carlson, Jocelyn Hobbie, Hayal Pozanti, Clare Rojas, Nicole Wermers and Chelsea Ryoko Wong explore narrative through form. Wielding radical approaches to pattern, language, motif and design, artists in the show use rhythm and recurrence to tell stories that reach across time and space. Looking at the year to come, works in the exhibition assemble some of the artists and ideas composing the gallery’s vision for the future.
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SELECTED WORKS
Kim Benson
Perpetual (still-life), 2023
Oil, collage, and shellac on linen over panel
20 3/4 x 28 x 1 3/4 inches / 52.7 x 71.1 x 4.4 cm
Perpetual (still-life), 2023
Oil, collage, and shellac on linen over panel
20 3/4 x 28 x 1 3/4 inches / 52.7 x 71.1 x 4.4 cm
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Kim Benson
Palette View (still-life), 2023
Oil, collage, and shellac on linen over panel
20 3/4 x 28 x 1 3/4 inches / 52.7 x 71.1 x 4.4 cm
Palette View (still-life), 2023
Oil, collage, and shellac on linen over panel
20 3/4 x 28 x 1 3/4 inches / 52.7 x 71.1 x 4.4 cm
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Kim Benson
Reader (still-life), 2023
Oil on lace and canvas over panel
16 x 17 x 1 3/4 inches / 40.6 x 43.2 x 4.4 cm
Reader (still-life), 2023
Oil on lace and canvas over panel
16 x 17 x 1 3/4 inches / 40.6 x 43.2 x 4.4 cm
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Kim Benson
Perpetual (still-life), 2023
Oil, collage, and shellac on linen over panel
20 3/4 x 28 x 1 3/4 inches / 52.7 x 71.1 x 4.4 cm
Perpetual (still-life), 2023
Oil, collage, and shellac on linen over panel
20 3/4 x 28 x 1 3/4 inches / 52.7 x 71.1 x 4.4 cm
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Kim Benson
Palette View (still-life), 2023
Oil, collage, and shellac on linen over panel
20 3/4 x 28 x 1 3/4 inches / 52.7 x 71.1 x 4.4 cm
Palette View (still-life), 2023
Oil, collage, and shellac on linen over panel
20 3/4 x 28 x 1 3/4 inches / 52.7 x 71.1 x 4.4 cm
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Kim Benson
Reader (still-life), 2023
Oil on lace and canvas over panel
16 x 17 x 1 3/4 inches / 40.6 x 43.2 x 4.4 cm
Reader (still-life), 2023
Oil on lace and canvas over panel
16 x 17 x 1 3/4 inches / 40.6 x 43.2 x 4.4 cm
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Kimberley Benson’s (b. 1986, Denver) oil paintings slip between abstraction and figuration through her process of creation and excavation. Beginning with detailed figuration based on Renaissance paintings, Benson’s representations dissolve beneath her labor-intensive process of sanding, stenciling, casting, and extruding to make highly textured, lace-like surfaces. The original figures appear as if through a gossamer screen that suspends the viewer and the artist in a dialogue with art historical painting.
Movie Night (2023) by Clare Rojas (b. 1976, Columbus, OH) suggests the liveness of the world around us through depictions of eyes, a recurring symbol in her work, set on a female protagonist. In a new 24-inch-tall bronze, a small figure emerges from the center of a calla lily. Associated with the Greek origin tale of the milky way—made from Hera’s breast milk—calla lilies grew where droplets of the goddess’s milk hit the ground.
Hayal Pozanti’s (b. 1983, Istanbul) interest in the impact of technology on human society led her to create a geometric alphabet of 31 glyphs that form the building blocks of her practice. Working in oil sticks Pozanti blends paint directly onto the canvas with her fingers, creating haptic surfaces and adapting her visual language to reflect the subconscious and rhythms of the natural world.
Hayal Pozanti’s (b. 1983, Istanbul) interest in the impact of technology on human society led her to create a geometric alphabet of 31 glyphs that form the building blocks of her practice. Working in oil sticks Pozanti blends paint directly onto the canvas with her fingers, creating haptic surfaces and adapting her visual language to reflect the subconscious and rhythms of the natural world.
Clare Rojas
Movie Night, 2023
Oil on linen
24 x 30 inches / 61 x 76.2 cm
Movie Night, 2023
Oil on linen
24 x 30 inches / 61 x 76.2 cm
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Clare Rojas
Emmanuelle (The Lord is Among Us), 2023
Patinated bronze
24 1/4 x 5 x 5 inches / 61.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm
Edition 2 of 3 + 1 AP
Emmanuelle (The Lord is Among Us), 2023
Patinated bronze
24 1/4 x 5 x 5 inches / 61.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm
Edition 2 of 3 + 1 AP
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Hayal Pozanti
Shadow of a Butterfly, 2022
Oil stick on linen
48 x 36 inches / 121.9 x 91.4 cm
Shadow of a Butterfly, 2022
Oil stick on linen
48 x 36 inches / 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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Clare Rojas
Movie Night, 2023
Oil on linen
24 x 30 inches / 61 x 76.2 cm
Movie Night, 2023
Oil on linen
24 x 30 inches / 61 x 76.2 cm
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Clare Rojas
Emmanuelle (The Lord is Among Us), 2023
Patinated bronze
24 1/4 x 5 x 5 inches / 61.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm
Edition 2 of 3 + 1 AP
Emmanuelle (The Lord is Among Us), 2023
Patinated bronze
24 1/4 x 5 x 5 inches / 61.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm
Edition 2 of 3 + 1 AP
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Hayal Pozanti
Shadow of a Butterfly, 2022
Oil stick on linen
48 x 36 inches / 121.9 x 91.4 cm
Shadow of a Butterfly, 2022
Oil stick on linen
48 x 36 inches / 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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In Clare Rojas's new 24-inch-tall bronze, a small figure emerges from the center of a calla lily. Associated with the Greek origin tale of the milky way—made from Hera’s breast milk—calla lilies grew where droplets of the goddess’s milk hit the ground.
Working in oil sticks Pozanti blends paint directly onto the canvas with her fingers, creating haptic surfaces and adapting her visual language to reflect the subconscious and rhythms of the natural world.
Chelsea Ryoko Wong
Transformation, 2023
Acrylic on stretched canvas
48 x 48 x 1 3/8 inches / 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.5 cm
Transformation, 2023
Acrylic on stretched canvas
48 x 48 x 1 3/8 inches / 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.5 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Red & Blue Lattice Background, 2022
Oil on paper
Framed: 18 1/2 x 15 x 2 inches / 47 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm
Red & Blue Lattice Background, 2022
Oil on paper
Framed: 18 1/2 x 15 x 2 inches / 47 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Blue & Gold Dress/two large tulips, 2023
Oil on paper
Framed: 41 1/2 x 32 inches / 105.4 x 81.3 cm
Blue & Gold Dress/two large tulips, 2023
Oil on paper
Framed: 41 1/2 x 32 inches / 105.4 x 81.3 cm
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Chelsea Ryoko Wong
Transformation, 2023
Acrylic on stretched canvas
48 x 48 x 1 3/8 inches / 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.5 cm
Transformation, 2023
Acrylic on stretched canvas
48 x 48 x 1 3/8 inches / 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.5 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Red & Blue Lattice Background, 2022
Oil on paper
Framed: 18 1/2 x 15 x 2 inches / 47 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm
Red & Blue Lattice Background, 2022
Oil on paper
Framed: 18 1/2 x 15 x 2 inches / 47 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Blue & Gold Dress/two large tulips, 2023
Oil on paper
Framed: 41 1/2 x 32 inches / 105.4 x 81.3 cm
Blue & Gold Dress/two large tulips, 2023
Oil on paper
Framed: 41 1/2 x 32 inches / 105.4 x 81.3 cm
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Chelsea Ryoko Wong’s (b. 1986, Seattle) new acrylics on canvas likewise combine varying patterns, from geometric shapes to an abundant array of fruits and vegetables. The lavish patterning operates as a kind of psychedelic, transporting us to a fantastic realm.
Jocelyn Hobbie’s (b. 1969, Northampton, MA) extravagantly patterned paintings celebrate ornamentation and beauty. In Blue & Gold Dress/two large tulips (2023), variegated floral and geometric patterns surround and adorn a stoic, neo-classically rendered woman. Recalling pattern-on-pattern designs of the 1960s and 70s, Hobbie’s paintings boldly claim space for the decorative and the audaciously feminine.
Andrea Carlson
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #9, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #9, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
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Andrea Carlson
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #7, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #7, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
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Andrea Carlson
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #8, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #8, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
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Andrea Carlson
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #9, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #9, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
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Andrea Carlson
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #7, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #7, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
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Andrea Carlson
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #8, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
L'Assomption Sash for Carrying Things that No Longer Exist #8, 2023
Gouache on paper
Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches / 76.2 x 57.1 cm
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Andrea Carlson (b. 1979, Grand Portage Ojibwe) creates mosaic-like patterns often drawing imagery from Indigenous and art historical sources to construct expansive cultural landscapes. Her intricate paintings on paper refer to the arrow pattern on L’Assomption sashes—finger-braided wool bands popular during the fur trade for carrying objects attached to the body and are now a symbol of identity for the Métis people. Through density and repetition, Carlson uses abstraction to restore and reclaim imagery.
Julie Buffalohead
Bittersweet, 2021
Mixed media on Lakota paper
20 x 30 inches / 50.8 x 76.2 cm
Bittersweet, 2021
Mixed media on Lakota paper
20 x 30 inches / 50.8 x 76.2 cm
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Julie Buffalohead
Smother, 2021
Pen, ink, graphite on handmade paper
Paper size: 18 x 20 inches / 45.7 x 50.8 cm
Smother, 2021
Pen, ink, graphite on handmade paper
Paper size: 18 x 20 inches / 45.7 x 50.8 cm
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Julie Buffalohead
The Beaded Tail, 2021
Mixed media on Lakota paper
Paper size: 18 x 20 inches / 45.7 x 50.8 cm
The Beaded Tail, 2021
Mixed media on Lakota paper
Paper size: 18 x 20 inches / 45.7 x 50.8 cm
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Julie Buffalohead
Bittersweet, 2021
Mixed media on Lakota paper
20 x 30 inches / 50.8 x 76.2 cm
Bittersweet, 2021
Mixed media on Lakota paper
20 x 30 inches / 50.8 x 76.2 cm
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Julie Buffalohead
Smother, 2021
Pen, ink, graphite on handmade paper
Paper size: 18 x 20 inches / 45.7 x 50.8 cm
Smother, 2021
Pen, ink, graphite on handmade paper
Paper size: 18 x 20 inches / 45.7 x 50.8 cm
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Julie Buffalohead
The Beaded Tail, 2021
Mixed media on Lakota paper
Paper size: 18 x 20 inches / 45.7 x 50.8 cm
The Beaded Tail, 2021
Mixed media on Lakota paper
Paper size: 18 x 20 inches / 45.7 x 50.8 cm
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Julie Buffalohead’s (b. 1974, Minneapolis) anthropomorphic animals suggest the omnipresence of spirit. Recurring motifs, such as the muskrats and coyotes in Bittersweet and The Beaded Tail (2021), explore memory, childhood, and motherhood.
Nicole Wermers
Untitled (bench), 2023
Acrylic and Red Lava Rock, Hillsborough Fieldstone, Granite, and Volcanic Bowl stones
35 3/8 x 59 7/8 x 16 inches / 89.9 x 152.1 x 40.6 cm
Untitled (bench), 2023
Acrylic and Red Lava Rock, Hillsborough Fieldstone, Granite, and Volcanic Bowl stones
35 3/8 x 59 7/8 x 16 inches / 89.9 x 152.1 x 40.6 cm
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Reflecting on the language of design, Nicole Wermers (b. 1971, Emsdetten, Germany) considers urban spaces and their sociopolitical and narrative aspects. In Untitled (rock bench) (2023), Wermers places large rocks beneath an angular acrylic box, inviting viewers to take a seat while subverting ideas about natural and man-made objects.
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