Installation of Allison Edge:Wonderwall
Like the Spice gallery is pleased to announce "Wonderwall," the most complete display to date of Allison Edge's watercolor portrait series begun in 2001. "Wonderwall" depicts male actors, models, and the artist's friends who fall under the category of the "pretty boy". The show raises questions pertaining to the act of drawing, and portraiture, as well as of feminine agency and the power of the gaze.
Click here to e-mail Like the Spice about any of Allison Edge's available watercolors below.
Robby #2
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Beck
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Andrew
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Adam
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Brian
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Like the teenager who lovingly draws a portrait of her crush in the back of her notebook, Edge is obviously enamored with these objects of worship. In this exhibition the Wonderwall series is displayed in a temple of nostalgia for an ideal of youth, beauty, and fleeting innocence. From within their shrine-like space, Edge’s pretty boys make us ponder the nature of the “crush”, the meaning of beauty, and what’s at stake in rendering and gazing upon the image of another.
Clay
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Christian
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Chris
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Charlie #2
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Charlie #1
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Ian
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Hyden #1
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Gary
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Erik
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Colin
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Jem
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Jason #4
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Jason #2
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Jason #1
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Jake
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Allison Edge was born in Raleigh, NC in 1975. She received her BFA in Painting from the University of Georgia in 1997 and her MFA in Painting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2000. For the past 10 years she has worked primarily with images of 'pretty boys' and kittens - separately, but more recently together. The works have been described as invoking "a whole-hearted embrace of the adolescent gaze". Edge's work has been exhibited in galleries across the country, including Lincart in San Francisco, Motel in Portland, OR, Lump in Raleigh, NC, and various Brooklyn venues, including Like the Spice, as well as venues in Tokyo and Melbourne. Edge lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Kurt
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Kevin
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Johnny
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
John
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Lucas
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Liam
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Leo
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Lee
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Kyle
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Installation of Allison Edge:Wonderwall
Installation of Allison Edge:Wonderwall
Spencer
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Sam #2
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Penn
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Noah
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Matt L
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Vincent
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Ty
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Tommy #2
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Tom #3
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
Takeshi
Watercolor on paper
12" x 9". 2001 - 2010
More images available. New watercolors will be added daily. Please click here to e-mail Like the Spice about any of Allison Edge's available watercolors above.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Allison Edge: Wonderwall Sneak Preview
Posted by Like the Spice at 6:40 PM
Labels: Allison Edge, Pretty Boys, Wonderwall
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