Four Women
14 Nov - 24 Dec 2009
FOUR WOMEN
Liana Dragomir | Rachel Goodyear | Eleanor Moreton | Megan Sullivan
November 14 - December 24 2009
Opening November 14, 11 am
Jack Hanley Gallery is pleased to present a group showing of Four Women- Liana Dragomir, Rachel Goodyear, Eleanor Moreton, and Megan Sullivan in NYC at the Watts Street space.
Whether through the dream-like rendering of the mundane, the careful construction of peculiar coincidences, or the confusing of the patriarchal / matriarchal dichotomy, these four women penetrate the psyche and twist our constructed social norms that claim “reality.”
Rachel Goodyearʼs drawings present captured moments in which characters reside within an existence where social etiquette no longer, or maybe never, applied. Set against a stark white background, the figures are seemingly devoid of emotion or stare blankly in resignation.
Subverting norms of a different kind, Eleanor Moretonʼs paintings call into question the relationship of authoritative women and symbolic masculine attire. She seamlessly glosses together polemic historical images to create new potentials. Liana Dragomir's subjects are even further removed from us; depicted relaxing in hammocks or thumbing through books, their faces are blurred to preserve their anonymity and to allow us to imagine ourselves savoring such moments of "reality."
Liana Dragomir | Rachel Goodyear | Eleanor Moreton | Megan Sullivan
November 14 - December 24 2009
Opening November 14, 11 am
Jack Hanley Gallery is pleased to present a group showing of Four Women- Liana Dragomir, Rachel Goodyear, Eleanor Moreton, and Megan Sullivan in NYC at the Watts Street space.
Whether through the dream-like rendering of the mundane, the careful construction of peculiar coincidences, or the confusing of the patriarchal / matriarchal dichotomy, these four women penetrate the psyche and twist our constructed social norms that claim “reality.”
Rachel Goodyearʼs drawings present captured moments in which characters reside within an existence where social etiquette no longer, or maybe never, applied. Set against a stark white background, the figures are seemingly devoid of emotion or stare blankly in resignation.
Subverting norms of a different kind, Eleanor Moretonʼs paintings call into question the relationship of authoritative women and symbolic masculine attire. She seamlessly glosses together polemic historical images to create new potentials. Liana Dragomir's subjects are even further removed from us; depicted relaxing in hammocks or thumbing through books, their faces are blurred to preserve their anonymity and to allow us to imagine ourselves savoring such moments of "reality."