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About the
Exhibition
Opening Reception, First Friday, September 6, 6-10 PM
Friday, September 6 - Sunday, September 29
Jennifer Macdonald's first solo exhibit,
entitled "Killjoy", features
paintings made with layered latex, enamel and nail polish on panel,
expanding upon and further developing her previously exhibited
works on paper. Killjoy is an exploration of betrayed friendships
and lost love, filtered through imagery which, on the surface,
appears strangely cheerful; pictures from 'before the fall'.
These new works are densely layered, stylized narrative fragments
and landscapes, containing both expansive painterly surfaces and
finely detailed patterns. Macdonald often renders familiar
toys and objects within unexpected environments and scenarios,
which imparts an ambiguous 'folk' quality to the works. However,
a dark humor is present in her compositions, and this disturbing
quality, coupled with emotionally charged titles, hints at the
flip side of her charming and accessible imagery.
Macdonald received her Certificate in Sculpture from the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts in 1998, and completed her BFA at the
University of Pennsylvania in 2001. This will be her first
solo exhibit. She has been a member of Vox Populi gallery
since June of 2001. The exhibit opens Friday, September
6th from 6 - 10pm, and runs through September 29th. Vox
Populi is located at 1315 Cherry Street. Gallery hours are
12 noon - 6pm, Wednesdays through Sundays, or by appointment.
Vox Populi phone: 215-568-5131
Concurrent with her Vox Populi exhibit, Macdonald will be exhibiting
new drawings / paintings on mylar, as well as a short animation
piece, at Arcadia University Art Gallery (in Glenside, PA) for
"A Closer Look 5", part of a biennial series (opening
and reception September 12th, 6:30pm).
JUSTIN WITTE: Ontploffing
Vox Populi Gallery is pleased to announce
an exhibition of paintings, drawings , and digital prints by Justin
Witte. Ontploffing, the Dutch word for explosion, offers bright
rich surfaces inhabited by bizarre tree like blooms, tigers, old
Toyota Station Wagons and large bald men wearing flannel shirts.
These inhabitants rendered in a graphic or cartoon like way are
often placed at odds with each other in Witte1s work. The Men
hunt and wrestle with the Tigers while the Toyota plows through
trees and other living things. The result is a wonderfully strange
and moody world created by Witte in waxy cadmiums and lush lines.
Guest Artist:
PATTI LEE BECKER: Within the Expanse
Vox Populi is on the fourth floor of 1315 Cherry
Street, two blocks from the convention center and is open to the
public Wed. through Sun. from 12-6.
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