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| Pam Douglas, Bionic Angel, Acrylic, clay, copper wire, tree parts, 25 x 66 x 10" |
Artifacts of Grace, is a solo exhibition by Pam Douglas whose body of work inspires human connection and resolve within female figures inhabiting found palm fronds and tree branches. Having broached sculptural substrates to paint on for the first time, Douglas fuses the materials’ physical qualities to highlight the human form. The works confront the viewer as complex objects of narrative, emotional, and physical contradiction. Douglas envisions her pieces as part of a larger dialogue raising awareness of not only immediate humanitarian crises, but as embodiments of women’s stories worldwide.
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| Pam Douglas, Stay With Me, Acrylic, clay, grasses on palm frond, 64 x 28 x 20" |
Douglas comments, “Children wrenched from their mother’s arms compelled me to my newest work
Stay With Me. I tried to express optimism in this series but the horror at the border hurts too much. I didn’t want to illustrate issues or use my art as one more in a chorus of complaint. So most of this series reaches beyond this moment. But we are in a startling time. We’ve heard the cries of imprisoned children, and these works express a profound urge to avow our power and a refusal to be repressed.”
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| Pam Douglas, The Big Hug, Acrylic, clay, grasses, plastic egg, silk on palm frond, 50 x 24 x 10" |
Pam Douglas is a Los Angeles based artist whose works have been included in the California African-American Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), has been covered by Sharia Nys Dambrot in the Huffington Post, and by Scarlet Cheng, contributor to the Los Angeles Times.
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| Pam Douglas, Pilgrimage, Acrylic, toy shoes on tree bark, 12 x 40 x 10" |
The exhibition runs through September 22, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 1, 6-10pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, September 15, 3pm
