Stardust

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.

...Something Borrowed...

Next is a truly illuminating artist making her debut in our space — but one we’ve admired from afar for quite some time. PAULA GILLEN uses her photomontages to create amalgamations of found and “vintage images, pop art and fashion, along with my own original photographs.” In doing so, she delves into “themes of psychology, social commentary and humorous disruptions of original and found imagery.” For her SUPERPOWER WOMEN IN SPACE series, the artist has created a single-gender society, where women are in charge not only of their domain but of the whole damn universe. It’s playful, thoroughly engaging and really needs to be experienced in person. What better occasion than the OPENING RECEPTION tonight (3/9), 7-10 PM, of PROCESSES INTERSECTING SPACES? Power up your rocket ship and be there!

PAULA GILLEN
“Bravely Shouting into Space”
20 x 16
aluminum print
300.