Two extraordinary artists made overdue OFF THE WALL debuts in PROCESSES INTERSECTING SPACES. While CHARLES EMLEN isn’t going anywhere — his sculptures are in our next show — we must bid farewell to PAULA GILLEN and her SUPERPOWER WOMEN IN SPACE. Some protagonists in her digital photomontages are larger than life; others are seemingly mired in workaday life…only it’s in outer space! The work fits perfectly with Paula’s penchant for biting social commentary and her prevailing sense of humor. “Influenced by Surrealism, Feminism and The Pictures Generation, my work strives to be satirical, irreverent and playful,” the artist tells us. In the world she has created for this captivating series, “forward-thinking women are in charge — and there’s a trap door to Earth if you get out of line.” After Friday, alas, we have to pop that trap door and simply wait until Paula returns to our Wall.
PAULA GILLEN
“Domestic Space”
18 x 16
aluminum print of
digital photomontage
300.
