Art in Alternative Spaces

presents

What is Life?
Glass on Wood 
24" x  24"

Going to Pieces

Paintings made with broken eggshells and broken glass by

Stacey Previn


On display at:

Apollo Theatre

2540 North Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL

Artist's Reception - Friday, March 7, 2003 (5:00 - 7:00 p.m.)


There is no charge for viewing the artwork.

Viewing hours are Tues - Sat (10 am - showtime) Sun (12 noon - showtime)

On exhibit through April 28, 2003 


This art exhibition is in complement to

Apollo Theatre's production of The Vagina Monologues.

ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY 

This exhibition features two bodies of work by self-taught Oak Park artist Stacey Previn.  Stacey's fractured paintings are made of broken eggshells painted with concentrated watercolors.   The intensity of the color contrasts with the black cracks to create a luminous appearance.   The surface is then varnished with gloss to protect and deepen the colors giving the work a rich liquid look.   The delicate cracks in the eggshells speak to the vulnerability within each character Stacey has created.  

Stacey's other work in the exhibit is created using colorful pieces of broken glass on wood arranged in a mosaic pattern.   Here too, the cracks in the figures represent the fragility of life as the works ask the questions, "What is Life?", "What is Faith?", "What is Beauty?", "What is Strength?" and "What is Love?"

What is Strength? Glass on Wood 20" x 26"	What is Love? Glass on Wood 24" x 26"	What is Faith? Glass on Wood 20" x 24"	What is Beauty? Glass on Wood 24" x 24"
Sleeping Watercolor on Eggshell 12" x 13"	Golden Blindfold Watercolor on Eggshell 15" x 17"	Martyr Watercolor on Eggshell 10" x 10"	Waiting Watercolor on Eggshell 14" x 16"
Cafe Watercolor on Eggshell 13" x 17"

Founded in 1991, Anatomically Correct is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to showcasing works by artists in alternative spaces in a combined effort to educate, diversify, and promote community awareness of the visual and performing arts.