Saturday, December 9, 2023
Open All Day | Benedict Gallery at Sweet Briar College
Oct. 4 to Dec 9. 2023; Benedict Gallery at Sweet Briar College — Open 24/7
Amy Chan’s paintings contain the optimism that is part of their making. The joyously artificial color hums with dissonance through the clean materiality of gouache. The flat shapes offer humor and monumentality, while hinting at the unease of a science fiction landscape. Chan draws from disparate sources like cartoons, science textbooks, plants, design and operation manuals for her paintings. The interplay of color and shape to perch on the edge of harmony, while pointing the viewer towards something more unknowable.
Also featured on the Artist Mother Podcast, Sept. 2023