A Violet, A Vein

When:
September 30, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
2016-09-30T18:00:00-04:00
2016-09-30T22:00:00-04:00
Where:
Fluorescent Gallery
627 N Central St
Knoxville, TN 37917
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Fluorescent Gallery
8576360328
A Violet, A Vein @ Fluorescent Gallery | Knoxville | Tennessee | United States

“A Violet, A Vein” brings together new, large-scale paintings by Anna Wehrwein. The work explores the intersection of perspective, color, and social space. Using drawing as a starting point, the paintings construct the act of looking as having the potential to be both subjective and communal. Contained within the picture plane, this gaze is intimate instead of performative: a tool for self-reflexive and self-imaging. In turn, the high-chroma of the work – rich magenta’s, deep blues, acidic greens – radiate out. The optics and vibrancy are both enticing and shifting, demanding attention but refusing a singular read. In this way the color – opaque and vibrant like color-aid paper – acts as both ground and figure. But the heart of the work is in the relationships and community it depicts: women artists, friends, who use the domestic space as a site of creativity. It’s an idealistic space, but also a very real one. One in which beers are had, ideas are shared, tattoos and haircuts are given, and paintings are made.

Anna Wehrwein is an artist living and working in Knoxville, TN. She is originally from the Boston area and received her BS in Art and BA in English/Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently an MFA candidate in painting and drawing at the University of Tennessee.