Featured Solo Exhibition:
Livia Stein, the bones, 2024, oil on canvas, 66 x 66
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Livia Stein
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Transmission Gallery presents Silent Conversation, a solo exhibition of recent figurative paintings and ceramic works by Livia Stein.
Animals, masks and enigmatic figures serve as stand-ins for the self and other in Stein’s ongoing investigations into the intricate dance between identity and interaction. Fearless in her use of color, she pushes along the edges between frustration, fears, familiarity and affection, navigating the subtleties of unspoken communication and the nuanced complexities of human relationships in richly painted canvases ranging from large scale works such as King Kong and Fay Ray, 72” x 72,” and The Bones, 55” x 55,” to a number of mid-size pieces, including Life and Death and Blue Face Yellow Hat, both 30” x 30”.
Punctuated with intense blacks and vibrant hues, these artworks are not mere visual spectacles; they unfold as meditations, evolving with each viewing like the evolving dynamics of personal connections, shifting and changing over time in elusive quiet ways. Meanwhile, her ceramic creations, characterized by whimsical yet poignant distortions, embody a spectrum of emotions akin to the characters inhabiting the paintings. Slumped over, brightly standing, quizzical, they echo themes and ideas explored on canvas.
Animals, masks and enigmatic figures serve as stand-ins for the self and other in Stein’s ongoing investigations into the intricate dance between identity and interaction. Fearless in her use of color, she pushes along the edges between frustration, fears, familiarity and affection, navigating the subtleties of unspoken communication and the nuanced complexities of human relationships in richly painted canvases ranging from large scale works such as King Kong and Fay Ray, 72” x 72,” and The Bones, 55” x 55,” to a number of mid-size pieces, including Life and Death and Blue Face Yellow Hat, both 30” x 30”.
Punctuated with intense blacks and vibrant hues, these artworks are not mere visual spectacles; they unfold as meditations, evolving with each viewing like the evolving dynamics of personal connections, shifting and changing over time in elusive quiet ways. Meanwhile, her ceramic creations, characterized by whimsical yet poignant distortions, embody a spectrum of emotions akin to the characters inhabiting the paintings. Slumped over, brightly standing, quizzical, they echo themes and ideas explored on canvas.
