Black Pony Gallery has introduced an on line solo exhibition that includes the operate of Bahamian artist Dede Brown.
The exhibition – titled Interior Voices – operates from right now [Dec eighteen] to January eleven, 2021 and can be seen by clicking here.
Curator Lisa Howie explained, “Black Pony Gallery is delighted to announce the first on line solo exhibition for Bahamian artist Dede Brown. That includes initial mixed media paintings, the exhibition Interior Voices operates December eighteen, 2020 to January eleven, 2021.
“In this collection of intimate portraits, Brown carries on her exploration into the human psyche, centering on the thought of one’s saboteur – that inner voice or voices who can make us issue ourselves, often spouting destructive views and theories, encouraging self-question and at occasions inflicting disruption and chaos.
“True to the realm of surrealism, wherever the unconscious and supernatural are presented whole reign, the performs may perhaps converse to our shared silent suffering or, for some others, evoke the latest context, which is whole of uncertainty.
“Yet as Brown confronts the unconscious by supplying it a actual physical embodiment – one that appears darkish and ominous – a nearer seem at the details will expose an underlying attractiveness filled with lightness, femininity, and vulnerability.
Dede Brown – Not Just A Customer, 2020 mixed media on paper [20×15, $one,500]:
“Dede Brown was born in Freeport, Grand Bahama and grew up in Nassau. She studied at The Savannah School of Art & Design and style and has a BFA in Interior Design and style, with a minor in Pictures. For the earlier 10 many years she has practiced as a freelance artist and photographer.
“Brown has everlasting sculptures in the Nassau Airport and at BahaMar Resort, and she has participated in quite a few group exhibitions in Nassau and in two global residencies. Brown at this time resides in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, wherever she performs from a home-based studio. Her operate is very figurative with a powerful emphasis on feminine and androgynous types.
Down below is an exclusive Q&A between artist Dede Brown and curator Lisa Howie:
Lisa Howie explained, “Please discuss the narrative features of your operate, notably the saboteur motif is this responsive to the world context or extra of a specific personalized practical experience?”
Dede Brown explained, “The thought of the saboteur is definitely a little something I have been exploring on a personalized level for some time now, but it was introduced into clearer emphasis soon after paying considerably extra time in isolation owing to the latest instances of the world pandemic.
“I am pretty curious about how this thought manifests in our minds, the function it can consider on in our day-to-day life, pursuits, interactions and eventually how it affects and influences the selections we make. In numerous techniques I have perceived this thought as darkish, ominous and unapproachable so I believed, what superior way to confront it than by supplying it a facial area or some sort of actual physical embodiment.
“As I have moved as a result of this collection it has discovered numerous extra layers – some are tender, some fragile and susceptible. I am now contemplating that probably the saboteur is not only an interfering menace but at occasions a guardian, making an attempt to convey warnings and even defend us.”
Dede Brown – The Saboteur I, 2020 mixed media on paper [20×15, $one,500]:
Lisa Howie explained, “That’s appealing — the angel in disguise. Your portraits are bold and, in some circumstances, include things like pure types. In what techniques is island residing embedded in your exercise?”
Dede Brown explained, “As a creative man or woman, I imagine one’s ecosystem is a little something that always impacts your operate, regardless of whether destructive or constructive. We are stimulated by and answer so considerably to what is close to us.
“I am blessed to dwell in a very relaxing, serene and lovely area and I gain a lot of inspiration from the colors, gentle and textures that encompass me. The extra I engage with my ecosystem, the extra obvious the intricate details become.
“I love concentrating on the details and doing the job with mixed media allows me so numerous options to perform and frequently convey new areas of my ecosystem into the operate. The extra I exercise this, the extra I recognize how considerably it sets a tone and history for my narratives.”
Lisa Howie explained, “Narratives – precisely – and in this exhibition each and every portrait is the guide character in a psychological drama. Surrealism rocked my globe on my artwork journey. Do you share that enthusiasm? Have you been influenced by the features of, or the players in, surrealism?”
Dede Brown explained, “I do share your enthusiasm in the direction of surrealism and am fascinated by the use of narrative and symbolism. I am specifically intrigued by the existence story and performs of Frida Kahlo. She unveiled so considerably emotion in her paintings, encompassing what she was experiencing in her existence at the time.
“I imagine we have been conditioned by societies to bury our feelings, especially if they are destructive, so normally artwork becomes a further outlet for them.
“Jaume Plensa has also been a large inspiration to me. I love how diverse his performs are in phrases of scale and medium and how, irrespective of their immense dimension, he is capable to seize the human spirit in these kinds of an intimate and ephemeral way. I have a good curiosity and curiousness about the human ailment and endeavor to seize these features in my performs as nicely.”
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