- Venue
- Bridgette Mayer Gallery
- Starts
- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
- Ends
- Monday, December 29, 2008
- Address
- Bridgette Mayer Gallery 709 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA
- Location
Last summer Dana Hargrove travelled to South Africa and Tanzania to complete a residency at Greatmore Studios. Her new body of work explores her ongoing interest in globalization and militaristic issues, while discussing the colonization of South Africa. Anna Brzyski, professor from the University of Kentucky writes, "Dana Hargrove’s works fit comfortably within this broadly international tendency, though her intelligent use of richly decorative forms does not stem from an impulse to follow the prevalent fashion. She does not use ornament for ornament’s sake. The evocative sensuality of color, details, and patterns that appear in the pieces such as “The Empire’s New Clothes,” “Broekie,” or “Spikes” is deceptive. The visual playfulness of these works has a definite edge. It evokes the specter of the colonial and apartheid past that haunts South Africa’s present." Dana Hargrove received her M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2001 and her B.F.A. in painting and drawing from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Scotland in 1998. This is Hargrove’s second solo show at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery. Most recently, Hargrove was chosen as a finalist for the Miami University Young Painters competition.
