ELLEN GALLAGHER : AxME

AxME, an exhibition of works by African-American artist Ellen Gallagher is open at the Sara Hilden Art Museum. Ellen Gallagher (b.1965) lives and works in New York and Rotterdam. The exhibition consists of paintings, washes and paper cutouts. Her subjects are the difficult past of African-American people, popular culture, fashion and the special quality of the vernacular language.

Ellen Gallagher's method of working is very physical, although she often uses extremely fragile materials such as sheets of penmanship paper and newsprint. Her tools include a surgeon's scalpel, plasticine, hair cream and other materials, both rigid and plastic. Gallagher´s art is characterized by layering, an inventive use of materials and multi-dimensional structure.

Go and see this unusual exhibition at the Sara Hilden Art Museum, it is open until 26 January 2014!