Sarah Allwine: Something for the Familiar | Project Room
Forthcoming exhibition
Présentation
Detail, Culled, 2023, ceramic and underglaze, 10 x 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Something for the Familiar takes viewers on a journey into the known unknown, a place where memory meets the present and lyrical connections are cleverly rendered in dimensional forms.
David B. Smith Gallery is delighted to welcome Brooklyn, NY-based artist Sarah Allwine for her debut solo exhibition with the gallery, Something for the Familiar. Featuring intricately glazed ceramic sculptural works that speak to the present post-Internet mentality, combining a mash up of early 2000’s references alongside ominous forest fauna, Allwine's work sets the stage for the nostalgic, modern, and contemporary to meet.
From the starting point of the black goat as cultural and religious symbol, Allwine draws out a body of work that conjures both occult and camp connotations. Juxtaposing creatures charged with dark mythical symbolism—including flies, snakes, black cats, and ravens—with gummy peach rings and overripe fruit results in delightfully disjointed three-dimensional still lifes.