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Sylvia Snowden
Opening October 29, 22
SHELL SNOWDEN BUTLER
SHELL IS MY DAUGHTER AND THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE SERIES "SHELL; GLIMPSES".
MY PAINTING IS EXPRESSIONISM. IT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS PASSIONATE AND POWERFUL. IT IS DIRECT, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SHELL WHICH IS DIRECT, AND REFLECTS A HUMAN STRUGGLE TO ENDURE- ORGANIC SHAPES.
MY PAINTING IS A PERSONAL FORM OF COMMUNICATION WHICH DEPICTS AN EMOTIONAL REACTION WITH A STRONG SENSE OF DESIGN AND COMPOSITION.
THIS SERIES SHOWS AN EXPERIENCE WHICH IS DEEPER THAN APPEARANCE. THE SURFACE IS RICH WITH TACTILE AND VISUAL TEXTURE. THE BRUSHWORK IS SENSUAL AND VIGOROUS WHICH AIDS IN THE PORTRAYAL OF SHELL'S ENERGY. SOME AREAS PROPEL FROM THE SURFACE, IMPASTO, REMINISCENT OF BAS RELIEF SCULPTURE MAKING USE OF GESTURAL BRUSHWORK.
IMPASTO. THE LUSH USE OF PAINT DEFINES THE ESSENCE OF SHELL AND GIVES A DEPTH OF SPIRIT - A CELEBRATION OF JOY OF A DAUGHTER. THE EMPHASIS IS ON EMOTION DISCIPLINED BY A STRONG SENSE OF DESIGN WHICH ATTEMPTS TO SHOW DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF SHELL'S LIFE EXPERIENCES.
I OFTEN USE RED TO DEPICT SHELL'S STRENGTH OF CHARACTER: A BALANCE BETWEEN STRENGTH AND FEMININITY. SHELL'S FRONTAL POSITION AND ITS MOVEMENT CREATES A "LIVE" CONNECTION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VIEWER AND SUBJECT MATTER, ADDING A SENSE OF LIFE. THE WORKS HERE ARE PART OF A VERY LARGE SERIES ON CANVAS AND PAPER.
SHELL IS MY DAUGHTER AND THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF DR. GEORGE W. SNOWDEN AND MRS. JESSIE BURNS SNOWDEN. THEY HELPED TO SHAPE HER STRENGTH OF CHARACTER AND FORM HER GIVING PERSONALITY.
SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, DEAN’S LIST, AND ENTERED DEVRY UNIVERSITY.
MY BRUSHWORK EXEMPLIFIES SHELL’S ZEST FOR LIFE, HER EFFORTS TO "GRAB LIFE BY THE HORNS”, HER ABILITY TO GET RIGHT UP AFTER LIFE'S UPHEAVALS.
STRENGTH AND FEMININITY.
- SYLVIA SNOWDEN, WASHINGTON, D.C., SEPTEMBER 2022
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Inaugural group exhibition: What's Going On
Currently on view
What’s Going On brings together more than 190 works by 50 artists who are responding to pressing social and political issues... Read more
Sylvia Snowden
Currently on view
SHELL IS MY DAUGHTER AND THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE SERIES "SHELL; GLIMPSES". ... Read more
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Inaugural group exhibition:
What's Going On
Opening October 29, 2022
What’s Going On brings together more than 190 works by 51 artists who are responding to pressing social and political issues that continue to affect society today, including Natalie Ball, Maurizio Cattelan, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Leonardo Drew, Chase Hall, February James, Rashid Johnson, Josh Kline, Cady Noland, Christina Quarles, Tschabalala Self, Sylvia Snowden, Vaughn Spann, Hank Willis Thomas, John Waters, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde Wiley, Kennedy Yanko, and Cajsa von Zeipel, among many others.
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Located at 65 I Street in the Southwest neighborhood, the Rubell Museum DC brings the Rubell Family’s extensive contemporary art collection to the nation’s capital. After nearly 31 years as the Rubell Family Collection and with the 2019 expansion to a new location in Miami, the institution was renamed the Rubell Museum to emphasize its public mission and expand access for audiences.
Shortly after Mera and Don Rubell married in 1964, they started visiting artists’ studios and collecting art in New York. Their son, Jason Rubell, joined them in 1982 in building the collection, creating the exhibitions, and developing the museums, reflecting the multi-generational family passion for discovering, engaging, and supporting many of today’s most compelling artists.
The Rubell Museum’s collection is distinguished by its unprecedented range and depth that has enabled the Museum to organize over 50 exhibitions during the last three decades drawn entirely from its holdings in painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installation. These have included such groundbreaking and diverse exhibitions as Richard Prince (2004), Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists (2006), Against All Odds: Keith Haring (2008), Beg Borrow and Steal (2009), 28 Chinese (2013), NO MAN’S LAND (2015), Still Human (2017), Purvis Young (2018), and Yayoi Kusama (2020). Many of these exhibitions have toured to museums internationally and have been accompanied by catalogues.
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