Deborah Brown: Inside Out

Fredric Snitzer Gallery presents “Inside Out” the solo show of Deborah Brown.

Brown’s still life paintings function like portraits, revealing the life of the artist and serving as a gateway to her thoughts and feelings. The paintings are constructed with strong blocks of color, which create a feeling or an emotion rather than a realistic depiction of a specific environment. The work of Henri Matisse, Lovis Corinth, and Gabrielle Münter are all important influences that Brown draws on in her construction of the paintings. Through the action of paint and brushwork, the objects come alive and assume a mysterious character, perhaps as emissaries to another world. The artist’s figurines, furniture, and crockery become a vehicle for conjuring her past.

By depicting a highly personal space, the artist strives to create a connection to the viewers, who brings their own relationship to domestic interiors and engage with the broader notion of what it means to be human through an artist’s vision.