Gabrielle Garland’s first solo exhibition, I’ll Get You, My Pretty, and Your Little Dog Too, is a collection of wall-mounted paintings depicting a series of architectural portraits that depict the personality of the people who live inside, rather than the actual people. Her impressionistic depiction of neighborhoods and street views of homes is done with affection and distortion, with fragments of details; she aimed to capture the feeling of the moment rather than focusing on details.. Mailboxes, flower boxes, and more stretch, shrink, or lean at angles, capturing the emotional memory that blurs accuracy.
Using paint and glitter on canvas, Garland depicts homes in distorted, illustrative ways that lend liveliness to the homes and the objects that adorn them. Rendered in bright colors and warped perspective, Garland's homes take on their own humanlike expressions, such as worry or joy. She focuses more on the feeling and memory of seeing these spaces on the street rather than how they appear in real life.
The installation of the show is open with bright lights from the floor to the ceiling windows, along with the bright overhead LED lights. This lighting feels somewhat sterile, but allows the pieces to keep the spotlight on the plain white walls. The space allows the viewer to slow down and really observe the details that were included in the pieces.
I think you did a great job in accurately describing the exhibit. I agree that the bright open space did not suit the energy that the artworks gave off, and that a space that emphasized that energy would have made the feeling behind the works much clearer. I'm interested to know how you think the space should be improved to do that. These pieces are so incredibly interesting in their form and meaning, so I would also like to know what you think about the individual artworks. Do you think they accurately tell the story that the artist intended?
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