Margie Livingston
Left Turn
February 17 - April 2, 2022
Opening Reception: “First Thursday,” March 3, 6-8pm
Greg Kucera Gallery is excited to announce our ninth exhibition by Seattle artist, Margie Livingston. With this newest body of work, the artist continues to make work that at first glance appears to be a fearless venture into a completely new direction. She will be the first to tell you, she is anything but “without fear.”
The artist draws from a long-standing personal tradition of making and sending cards, from birthday and holiday cards to invitations and thank-yous. Livingston realized these bits of personal correspondence– sometimes simple, sometimes elaborate– has always been a place where she could experiment with new images and media.
“The bulletin board in my studio is covered with a collection of ideas written on 3x5 cards to consider for this project. The range of things includes loss, entropy, angst, humor, flat tires, and burnt toast. At the top is a card that asks: what’s the scariest thing I can do?
It seemed natural to build on this long history of personal image making, when wondering what to do next in the studio that would keep me learning and growing. It also felt risky, since I’ve never shown work with narrative images. Although I’ve reinvented my work several times, this felt like the scariest choice yet—which made it worth doing. In fact, the excitement (anxiety) of taking this left turn became one of the underlying themes.”
Work in exhibition
Featured
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
SOLD