This striking portrait features a female figure with a pensive expression, her profile highlighted against a textured, earthy background. The artist's use of rich, warm tones and a focus on the subject's face and upper body creates an intimate, introspective mood. The style combines photorealistic details with gestural brushwork, hinting at the individual's inner world and the artist's unique interpretive approach. This work likely reflects the artist's interest in exploring themes of human identity, emotion, and the interplay between the physical and psychological realms. ...
Women’s History Museum (WHM) is a New York City-based fashion label and art collective founded in 2015 by Mattie Barringer and Amanda McGowan. WHM employs fashion as a conceptual medium to explore and express aspects of the feminine experience through a non-traditional approach. Their practice encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including sculpture, film, painting, drawing, photography, and performance, all dictated by meticulously sourced historical materials and close collaborations with other artists who often double as models in their fashion shows . WHM's work challenges conventional notions of beauty and fashion by creating novel and previously unseen images that reflect the complexities of identity and culture. Their approach, blending fashion with cultural narratives, has secured them a unique position in the New York fashion scene. In addition to their exhibitions, WHM operates a successful vintage store in Chinatown, New York, offering a curated selection of garments that align with their artistic vision . ...
Company Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located at 145 Elizabeth street in the Soho neighbourhood of Manhattan. The gallery was established in 2015 by Sophie Mörner. Since 2022, Taylor Trabulus became a partner in the gallery. The gallery currently represents Tosh Basco, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Yve Laris Cohen, Hayden Dunham, TM Davy, Leyla Faye, Katherine Hubbard, Colette Lumiere, Jeanette Mundt, Raúl de Nieves, Troy Montes Michie, Women's History Museum, Ambera Wellmann and Cajsa von Zeipel, as well as the estate of seminal artist Barbara Hammer. The gallery creates artist books in tandem with Capricious Publishing, which was established in 2003 to support feminist and queer-focused art and writing. ...
