Allison Edge: Wonderwall Sneak Preview

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.