PACKER SCHOPF GALLERY |
ANN WORTHING |
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| CURRENT EXHIBITION |
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| November 22 - December 28 |
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| Gallery Two |
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Worthing has embarked on a linguistic-based exploration of the relationship between humans and animals; these new paintings are a self-proclaimed "aberration" from the past. The divergence came when she used the term "scapegoat" and then caught herself not knowing its true meaning. After some research she found that the word came from the tribal ritual of picking a goat and tying objects to it that were representative of the perceived sins or imperfections of the members of the tribe. The goat was then driven away in the hopes that this forced exile would be removing the negative forces along with it. People frequently use terms that are animal-derived and often have no idea of their actual significance. Terms such as "pussy" and "bitch" are used as dominating and hurtful when ironically they are actually nothing other than terms for cat and a female dog. Her painting titled "Bitch" is just that, a simple portrait of a young female puppy, harmless and cute.
In her paintings, Worthing wants the viewer to reevaluate their use of language. You should think twice before calling someone a "chicken", "underdog", or "lucky duck" because when you think about it, what is a "lucky duck?" I surely couldn't tell you. |
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| Packer Schopf Gallery |
| 942 W. Lake St. |
| p 312.226.8984,
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