Exhibitions

RECENT PAINTINGS BY EVELYN FORESTER

The Central Collective / 923 N Central St May 6, 2016 - May 27, 2016

Evelyn Forester

The work of Evelyn Forester nods to art history, knowing full-well that what she makes has been made. It is important for her to note the fact that painting as a true art form is a dead religion that had its place in time and its extremely important role in the progression of humankind’s emotion, thought, politics, and aesthetics. Her paintings continue only in the tradition of the aesthetic where her emotion is transferred to a surface as a way to negotiate past traumatic experiences.

This group of paintings explores a longing to be someplace else with someone else. She invites you to take what is her reflected trauma and experience it in a lifted light. Don’t prod deep for meaning. There will be none found.

“To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.” - Flannery O’Connor