Ryann Slauson, 2013. Acrylic paint on plexiglas.
Ryann Slauson
If You’re Not Getting Better, You’re Getting Worse
July 12 – August 2
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 12, 7 – 10pm
Free and open to the public; donations welcome.
In a carefully crafted combination of nostalgia and disappointment, If You’re Not Getting Better, You’re Getting Worse presents viewers with a collection of recent works by Ryann Slauson. Suggesting elliptical and melancholy narratives pulled from memories, family mythologies, and scraps of popular culture’s iconography, Slauson engages with different materials to create objects, paintings, and prints. Her objects, hand-crafted from plaster, paper, cardboard, fabric, and papier mache, look like common things in the world – discarded cough drop wrappers, pizza boxes, work uniforms. Close inspection reveal these pieces as sloppy simulacra, depicting a larger cultural history skewed through her personal history. Acrylic paintings on Plexiglas reference painted window signs and advertising, as well as digital screens and internet-sourced imagery.
If You're Not Getting Better, You're Getting Worse is Ryann Slauson's second solo exhibtion at Tempus Projects.
For more information about the artist, visit: www.ryannslauson.com
View the exhibtion during First Friday Seminole Heights on August 1, 2014 from 6 to 10 PM.
If You’re Not Getting Better, You’re Getting Worse
July 12 – August 2
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 12, 7 – 10pm
Free and open to the public; donations welcome.
In a carefully crafted combination of nostalgia and disappointment, If You’re Not Getting Better, You’re Getting Worse presents viewers with a collection of recent works by Ryann Slauson. Suggesting elliptical and melancholy narratives pulled from memories, family mythologies, and scraps of popular culture’s iconography, Slauson engages with different materials to create objects, paintings, and prints. Her objects, hand-crafted from plaster, paper, cardboard, fabric, and papier mache, look like common things in the world – discarded cough drop wrappers, pizza boxes, work uniforms. Close inspection reveal these pieces as sloppy simulacra, depicting a larger cultural history skewed through her personal history. Acrylic paintings on Plexiglas reference painted window signs and advertising, as well as digital screens and internet-sourced imagery.
If You're Not Getting Better, You're Getting Worse is Ryann Slauson's second solo exhibtion at Tempus Projects.
For more information about the artist, visit: www.ryannslauson.com
View the exhibtion during First Friday Seminole Heights on August 1, 2014 from 6 to 10 PM.
The opening event is sponsored in part by The Mermaid Tavern.
Following the reception, please join us for an after-party at 10:00 p.m.
The Mermaid Tavern is located at 6719 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa, FL, 33604.
Following the reception, please join us for an after-party at 10:00 p.m.
The Mermaid Tavern is located at 6719 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa, FL, 33604.
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