Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth Murray’s abstract oil paintings on shaped canvases evoke inner and outer struggles. Fragmented domestic objects like spoons, cups and chairs are juxtaposed with cartoon-like icons of mouths and eyeballs. Murray’s images of frenzied environments are often as haunting as they are playful.
Disparities and Deformations
Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque brought together a diverse group of contemporary artworks that respond and give new substance to the sense of emotional and logical uncertainty inherent in the grotesque, described by the 19th-century writer Jean Paul as a state of “soul dizziness.” The exhibition tracked the incongruous combination of disparate forms and ideas in the work of internationally renowned artists of different generations, coming from various cultural contexts, and working with different processes and ideas.
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