SATURDAY SEPT. 8th 8-11pm
Lezley Saar’s latest exhibition Madwoman in the Attic: Madness and the Gaze. masterfully subverts the traditions of 19th Century Gothic literature and Colonial art through added drops of Surrealism and insurgent perspective.
Delving into the complexities of insanity, Saar peels the Victorian madwoman from yellowed texts and transplants her into the visual plane of portraiture. By these means these women acquire a degree individuality exceeding that of archetypes or supporting characters. Jane Eyre’s Bertha, the unnamed madwoman of ...
Lezley Saar Exhibition Opens at MK Gallery in LA
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