A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Elizabeth Alexander’s first major solo exhibition at the gallery explores how the specific home decor we choose reflects our personal aspirations and society’s values. Long fascinated by American material culture, Alexander creates elegant installations that reveal coded messages hidden in our domestic environment. She appropriates the accouterments of refined interior design such as wallpaper, upholstered furniture, and porcelain to upend our ideas about beautification and what constitutes a safe and happy home. By meticulously rearranging and editing the features of familiar decorative art objects, she prompts a wholesale (re)consideration of how we broadcast comfort, status, and affluence in our abodes…”
“...Like Alexander, Daisy Patton harvests the decorative arts, but in the service of recent paintings. Mirror frames and 3-dimensional ornamentation lend gravity and permanence to her human subjects who are long-deceased and otherwise fading from memory. They surround and frame vintage photographs that have been enlarged, transferred to panels, and embellished with paint colors hearkening the warm tones of summer tinged by the fiery sun. Think of family photographs of swimmers, couples outdoors, and portraits in gardens..."
