Crevice
2017 - 2018
Crevice takes an up close look at a body. It is intimate, yet anonymous. In the studio, Crevice was an expression of love for the details that can be found on the body. On display, however, it transforms and becomes an experiment of reactions. The anonymity and ambiguity of the poses and perspective give viewers no choice but to project a piece of themselves and their biases onto the work.
Crevice is a solo exhibition of paintings by Anna Pugh showing at the START Gallery in Reynolda Village. In a collection of works which vary greatly in size, Pugh explores in Crevice the emotional and interpretive content of the corporeal. “I have been interested in depicting the human body and more specifically different aspects of flesh for many years, and I have found some areas that I painted that I thought were very beautiful were actually quite disturbing to others,” Pugh says. The culmination of a longstanding project for Pugh, this exhibition deals in the body’s ambiguities and its ability to simultaneously activate the polar experiences of desire and repulsion.
Exhibited at START Gallery, 2018