Angela Rose Wilson.
A native Quad Citonian.
Bachelors from St. Ambrose and Masters from Northern Illinois University.
Current Adjunct at St. Ambrose and Augustana College.
Upcoming Exhibition "King Kong or Other Lovely and Terrible Things...Drawing Installation"
Do you know her? I'm going to say if you don't then you really should. She makes good work. Really good work. The type that makes you return to it. The type that makes you want to look at it longer and harder. The type that makes you want to rub your cheek up against to it and see if it purrs.
She's a bit of a departure for the ol' Bakery Gallery, but we're not all about tradition over here. Sure we deal with printmaking and artist's books and text art, but we also want to see works on paper. Remember Liz Wolf? Remember Adam Little? Angela is probably known as a painter, but really...what's in a title? She uses multiple media, she draws with graphite and charcoal and gouache and other drawery type things, uses substrates that are available and she does a heck (hell?) of a good job doing it to. So why not?
Let's see some baby examples.
Juni and Tim With Civil War Rifle
Maddy X Camo Ski Mask
Red Riding Hands
Angela's Artist Statement:
As child, King Kong haunted my early
childhood. The 70’s version had just aired on television, and our father
reinforced my terror by vividly teasing that King Kong was on his way to our
house. My fear of this creature was mixed with the agonizing sympathy for his
suffering, taunted by curious onlookers, and ultimately pursued, and driven to his
death.
I am intrigued by this paradox of
fear and sympathy…much like Stockholm syndrome where victims identify with
their kidnappers. However, I am also aware of my own complicity, in the
exploitation of those, who with cruel humor, and curiosity we view as subjects
of documentaries. For example, in the figure of Timothy Treadwell, whose
childhood love of a stuffed bear sent him to live with real bears in Alaska
where he was ultimately mauled to death...the appropriate response is
maddeningly unclear. Is he tragic,
ridiculous, lovely, terrible…is this story real? Like King Kong, he seems to
long for an impossible escape from alienation, an impossible love affair.
These drawings are references to non-duality, lack of
hierarchy, nonlinear time, placed upon fragile organic materials emphasizing
impermanence of point-of-view…ambiguity.
Images of fearful predicaments,
iconic characters, portraits of family members, and the supernatural, all
conjured from stream of consciousness are suspended in time alternating between
clarity, and obscurity. These are personal icons, interchangeable, made
tangible through drawing, and installed as an unfolding kind of alter piece.
The meaning of specific juxtapositions does not tell a traditional narrative,
nor wishes to impose moral authority. Instead, as an artist I share an
individual experiences of real and fictional people/memories which both
inspire, and haunt my imagination.
Running Pink
Installation
Installation Detail
Do you want the deets? (I've heard that is a hip abbreviation.) Here they are, in our usual format
The Who: Angela Rose Wilson
The What: Exhibition and Opening of King Kong or Other Lovely and Terrible Things
The When: Exhibition Opening = Friday June 1st from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm
Regular Gallery Hours = Tuesday through Saturday 7:00 am until 9:00 pm from May 30th until July 28th.
The Where: The Bakery Gallery. Conveniently located at 1330 E. 12 Street, Davenport, Ia 52803. You may also find it on the corner of 12th street and Esplanade Ave.
The Why: Because we like works on paper, because we support emerging and mid-career artists, because we shop locally, because art is important, etc...
The Added Bonus: I'll introduce you to Henry.
I hope to see you there.
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