Kira Nam Greene: Blue Plate Special
Reception: Thurs. April 11, 6-8pm
April 11 – May 18, 2013
I am very excited to have my first solo exhibition at Accola Griefen Gallery in Chelsea, NYC. I have been working very hard all through winter, and cannot wait to see the result in the gallery. I will be showing one large drawing, 3 medium size drawings and several small drawings that will be installed on custom designed wallpaper. I have designed wallpaper once before, but this one was particularly fun to execute as I learned many lessons from the first experience.
I hope that everyone will be able to join me to celebrate the exhibition and the arrival of the spring at the opening! Click here for the press release.
Accola Griefen Gallery547 W. 27th St. #634
Open Tues – Sat 11am -6pm
info@accolagriefen.com
646 532 3488
Kira Nam Greene’s work explores female sexuality, desire and control through figure and food still-life paintings, surrounded by complex patterns. Imbuing the feminist legacies of Pattern and Decoration Movement with transnational, multicultural motifs, Greene creates colorful paintings that are unique combinations of realism and abstraction, employing diverse media such as oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor and colored pencil. Combining Pop Art tropes and transnationalism, she also examines the politics of food through the depiction of brand name food products, or junk food. Recently, Greene started a figurative painting series spurred by the 2016 Presidential Election, Women’s March, #metoo movement and ensuing crisis of conscience, this new body of work aspires to present the power of collective action by women.