“To have something be uncanny, you must first introduce the familiar,” says Lizzie Gill. Likening her compositions to a eating desk’s place settings, the artist paints elaborate nonetheless lifes that discover the matriarchal lineages and the way objects handed down shift in which means over time.
The vivid works characteristic flat backdrops met by boldly striped or floral linens and a menagerie of animals seized by contemporary blooms. A marble and dirt emulsion, which Gill layers on the acrylic-painted panel with a baker’s piping software, provides a life-like texture to the petals. She additionally makes use of an image-transfer course of to translate numerous items from her mom’s porcelain assortment, additional enmeshing her works in home traditions.
The nonetheless life, Gill says, is her most popular platform for exploring the tenets of Surrealism and what it means to be a steward. In “Lunar Still Life (Avec L’hippopotame),” for instance, lengthy stems coil round an animated porcelain seal and hippo rendered in delicate blue and white. “Still Life With Four Cerulean Vessels” is equally energetic as a miniature fox with a vine wrapped round its torso wanders throughout the tablescape.
Adorning the vases are unlikely scenes depicting volcanic eruptions, rocket launches, and even a menacing tornado ripping throughout the terrain. Embellishing vintage varieties with modern imagery, the works juxtapose the calm propriety related to home areas and world-changing, explosive actions generated by each people and nature.
Primarily based in Sharon, Connecticut, Gill is at the moment researching historic textiles for upcoming works, and people proven listed here are on view in her solo exhibition Paraphernalia by way of April 26 at Hesse Flatow. Observe the most recent on Instagram.
