PRESENT

Alana Bograd Caroline Falby Fay Ku

Imagined Heritage opens on October 7th with the opening reception from 6-8 pm and runs through October 28th. The exhibition features paintings, drawings and mixed media works by Alana Bograd, Caroline Falby and Fay Ku. Each artist creates work which reinterprets stories from their ancestry and their own pasts to create new perceptions and a personal folklore. The beauty of the work lies in the delicate attention to detail; each piece is woven in the same manner a storyteller would tell a fairytale. The work is deeply intimate yet resonates with the viewer not only because of its aesthetic allure, but also its relevance to contemporary culture.

Alana Bograd's paintings are a response to her Jewish roots and Ukrainian heritage. Stylistically her work draws from the bright colors and patterns from her ancestry. She creates new narratives using Russia's history and applying personal and historical symbols. The backgrounds of her paintings are filled with monumental structures alluding to the strength of the Russian empire yet the comical stylized figures in the foreground resemble weary and restless entities that have almost predetermined their own deterioration. Her work looks to Russian Constructivist art which dismissed "pure" art in favor of art used as an instrument for social purposes. Approached with a cartoon-like dissection of space into planes, fills, and line, the subjects hover between flatly treated paintings and an almost surrealistic aesthetic, entangled in the referencing of Russian and Soviet sensibilities.

Caroline Falby's work explores issues of historiography. She incorporates images of current events, legendary characters and fairy tales. She takes iconic symbols from these sources and recombines them into a new story, which questions the factuality of historical figures that have reached mythic status and reflects the distortion of fact through memory and cultural narrative. She reexamines current events in a new context and likens the fairytales of our childhood to current news stories causing us to reconsider the authenticity of the stories we are told on daily basis. The Insurgency Series recreates the story of the Trojan Horse using figures such as Robin Hood, Joan of Arc and Mulan. Her work combines cut paper, acrylic, watercolor, tracings and ink to merge painterly application with strong graphic qualities resulting in mixed media pieces that comment on our collective nostalgia for myth and heroism.

Fay Ku's images come from memory, her imagination and stories she has heard. Her drawings and paintings are about the capacity to think and give public meaning to a private, imaginative inner world. Her work expresses private, highly personal thoughts, but, for her, is ultimately about looking outward at the world. The relationship between a mother and her children is a common theme. Her subject matter seems almost sinister yet the delicate lines and brightly colored, seductive patterns create imagery that feels internal and dreamlike.

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	Alana Bograd Caroline Falby Fay Ku Imagined Heritage opens on October 7th with the opening reception from 6-8 pm and runs through October 28th. The exhibition features paintings, drawings and mixed media works by Alana Bograd, Caroline Falby and Fay Ku. Each artist creates work which reinterprets stories from their ancestry and their own pasts to create new perceptions and a personal folklore. The beauty of the work lies in the delicate attention to detail; each piece is woven in the same manner a storyteller would tell a fairytale. The work is deeply intimate yet resonates with the viewer not only because of its aesthetic allure, but also its relevance to contemporary culture. Alana Bograd's paintings are a response to her Jewish roots and Ukrainian heritage. Stylistically her work draws from the bright colors and patterns from her ancestry. She creates new narratives using Russia's history and applying personal and historical symbols. The backgrounds of her paintings are filled with monumental structures alluding to the strength of the Russian empire yet the comical stylized figures in the foreground resemble weary and restless entities that have almost predetermined their own deterioration. Her work looks to Russian Constructivist art which dismissed "pure" art in favor of art used as an instrument for social purposes. Approached with a cartoon-like dissection of space into planes, fills, and line, the subjects hover between flatly treated paintings and an almost surrealistic aesthetic, entangled in the referencing of Russian and Soviet sensibilities. Caroline Falby's work explores issues of historiography. She incorporates images of current events, legendary characters and fairy tales. She takes iconic symbols from these sources and recombines them into a new story, which questions the factuality of historical figures that have reached mythic status and reflects the distortion of fact through memory and cultural narrative. She reexamines current events in a new context and likens the fairytales of our childhood to current news stories causing us to reconsider the authenticity of the stories we are told on daily basis. The Insurgency Series recreates the story of the Trojan Horse using figures such as Robin Hood, Joan of Arc and Mulan. Her work combines cut paper, acrylic, watercolor, tracings and ink to merge painterly application with strong graphic qualities resulting in mixed media pieces that comment on our collective nostalgia for myth and heroism. Fay Ku's images come from memory, her imagination and stories she has heard. Her drawings and paintings are about the capacity to think and give public meaning to a private, imaginative inner world. Her work expresses private, highly personal thoughts, but, for her, is ultimately about looking outward at the world. The relationship between a mother and her children is a common theme. Her subject matter seems almost sinister yet the delicate lines and brightly colored, seductive patterns create imagery that feels internal and dreamlike. Read about Imagined Heritage in: