12/4/2023 0 Comments Arch enemy artSmoldering and ethereal, these women are smoke and shadow, their grace and allure accentuated by floating butterflies and seductive snakes, opulent flowers and sprawling ivy. OF SHADOW AND BLOSSOM pairs the rich elegance of Victorian cameos carved into soft stone with the sumptuousness of the contemporary female gaze. I find that without placing a female figure in a work, I can’t really see myself inside of the world I’m creating.” “I’m using grayscale values to explore themes of springtime all based in depicting the female form. “It’s a very simple series,” Reimold told us. For this series, Reimold’s use of graphite on vellum adds a soft, velvety feel to hyper-feminine black-and-white drawn portraits. – Alex Medlin II “Temple I” (2023) “Fruit of Revels” (2023) “Maenad” (2023) “I, Dionysus” (2023)Īrch Enemy Arts presents OF SHADOW AND BLOSSOM, a spotlight of five new drawings by L.A.-based artist Allison Reimold. NEON DIONYSIA is the artist’s fourth solo show with Arch Enemy Arts, coming after 2022’s Gods of a Broken Land. In the same year, he was a recipient of the Albert Dorne Award from the Society of Illustrators. Michael Camarra received a BFA in 2005 from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Thrones made out of decrepit electronic waste.” Temples made out of broken pieces of concrete ruins. Despite the outwardly lighter tone in this show, many pieces still have a creeping presence of some sort of cataclysm told in the props and setting. So I landed on the more celebratory themes of the Dionysia/Bacchanalia that we see in neoclassical art. Of the inspiration behind Neon Dionysia and the subjects portrayed both overtly and subliminal, the artist writes: “There’s a general captivation with this grim vision of the future and I saw it as fertile territory to contrast with something much more lighthearted. The visual narrative is made complete by Camarra’s inclusion of classical pottery and architecture, the latter built from reclaimed panels of ribbed and rusted metal, cleverly emulating the fluted columns of ancient Doric constructions.Ĭreatively grappling with a discomforting present, anticipating what seeds and pantheons may blossom from the potential destruction of tomorrow, Camarra unites these themes of reinvention with clever compositions in a manner that he accurately describes as post-apocalyptic Romanticism. The figures are adorned with various anachronistic refuse of a seemingly distant technological age– irreverently placed headphones, speaker parts, and electronic hardware are worn as jewelry and headdress alike. The central figure of the series, Dionysus, Greek god of wine and madness, holds court in accompaniment of Pan and Maenad acolytes. Igniting the panels with the radiance he is known for, Camarra has bathed his monolithic structures, demigods, and dancers in an ethereal neon-twilight glow. This series of eight captivating acrylic paintings reinterprets neoclassical scenes of mythical reverie amidst Camarra’s hallmark atmospheres of post-apocalyptic decay. Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Spectrum 4 Gallery Viewsįeature August 18th – September 10th, 2023Īrch Enemy Arts is pleased to present the latest collection of works by New York artist, Michael Camarra, entitled: NEON DIONYSIA. “Ecstatic Vines” (2023) Allison Reimold, “Morning Glory” (2023) Alex Garant, “Drowning” (2023) Michael Camarra, Allison Reimold, and Spectrum 4 Arch Enemy Artsġ09 Arch Street | Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA | (215) 717-7774įor sales or private viewing appointments, please email
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