Opening: Alex Sandvoss - "Surely Some Revelation Is At Hand"
Schedule
Thu Jan 04 2024 at 05:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
114 Third Ave S Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98104 | Seattle, WA
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While emerging Canadian artist Alex Sandvoss' work has recently been shown in group shows at Roq La Rue Columbia City Gallery, and CoCA (a 2023 Members’ Show favorite), her first solo show in the U.S. clarifies her range and interest in two parallel histories: the Dutch Golden Age and the hyper-commodification made possible by Amazon. Sandvoss is an artist a few months ahead of her time, as a number of the paintings with Barbie as Madonna with Baby Jesus were painted prior to Barbie the movie. These Barbie paintings are presented in cooperation with Roq La Rue.
The large canvases portraying Trump and the Supreme Court ("Hapless Toad") and Jeff Bezos ("Jeff Bezos with the Green New Deal") channel famous works by Rembrandt. Writing for The Stranger earlier this year, Charles Mudede recognized that "the artist made a profound connection between Dutch capitalism and one of the masters of 21st-century capitalism" in her painting "Jeff Bezos and the Green New Deal." That painting, surrounded and deepened by Sandvoss' other, equally impressive paintings, introduces Seattle to an emerging, self-taught artist that CoCA is proud to present.
For more info, visit https://www.cocaseattle.org/2024/alexsandvoss
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114 Third Ave S Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98104, 114 3rd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104-2606, United States,Seattle, WashingtonEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
