My large scale egg tempera on panel painting Lovelace has been acquired by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana after hanging in the exhibition Entwined: Ritual Wrapping and Binding in Contemporary Southern Art. This painting depicts a woman standing in profile. She is wrapped and bound with a black lacy ribbon that has text reading “Speak to me. Why don’t you speak to me?” and “Touch me. Why don’t you touch me?” Are these words flirtation or pleading? That is up to the viewer. The ribbons are held up by large Luna moths. Her body is decorated with a pink floral pattern. There is a tiny flame emerging from her forehead.
Lovelace, egg tempera on panel, 72”x44”, 2007, Collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Lovelace will be on view in the exhibition Preservative Force: Recent Acquisitions to the Collection at the Ogden Museum from March 20- August 22, 2021. Preservative Force brings together recently acquired works from a diverse group of artists working in various styles and media. By presenting a range of voices that have been added to the collection to tell the story of the American South, this exhibition encourages the viewer to examine the myriad ways artists use their own private languages to poetically express concepts of place, identity and aesthetics.
https://ogdenmuseum.org/exhibition/preservative-force/