Tara McPherson just launched her first solo show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Lost Constellations, featuring a new series of oil paintings and resin-cast sculptures. The show consists of 17 paintings on birch wood panels, ranging in size from 24×36 inches to 30×40 inches and fiberglass sculptures of Skull Flowers and Wiggle Balloons - recurring characters in McPherson’s work. Below is a piece from the press release:

The painted portraits in Lost Constellations depict adventurous super-heroines from an alternate universe, crossing dimensional planes of time and space. McPherson considers the idea of parallel existence through the use of multiple views or angles on a subject, inspired by the Einstein cross (a phenomenon caused by gravitational lensing) while her series of bodily transfigurations convey principles on the physical manifestation of thought. A reoccurring cast of female characters appear in various states of action—fighting battles and growing toward self-discovery.

The Show runs from February 23 to March 22, 2008. Click below for more info on the show or visit Tara’s site for her other work and bio.

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