Emilie Stark-Menneg: Dream Team
When:
Saturday, Jan 14, 2017 5:00p -
8:00p
Saturday, Jan 14, 2017 5:00p -
8:00p
Where:
kijidome
59 Wareham St
Boston, MA 02118
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Art
Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1216234228490818
kijidome is pleased to present a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Emilie Stark-Menneg, on view from January 14 to February 18, 2017, guest curated by Sarah Montross.
Emilie Stark-Menneg often renders fluid elements, like smoke, water, and fire, in her paintings. She bases some of this work on personal memories, which, like such ineffable vapors and liquids, are loose and hazy and thus provide ample space for the artist’s vibrant creative expansions. Knowingly amateurish and painted in a full-blown spectrum of day-glo colors, Stark-Menneg’s paintings offer pleasure and comedic release. Yet however cartoony and exuberant they appear, the content of her work often veers into ambivalent territory with references to themes of love and loss, migration and conflict.
Stark-Menneg has had solo exhibitions at the Leonard R. Craig Gallery, Unity College, Unity, ME and Makebish Gallery, Chelsea, NY. Her work was featured in the Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME in 2015. She earned her BFA from Cornell University in 2007 and currently lives in mid-coast Maine.
