“Experimental Procedures” Solo Exhibition by Phyllis L. Evans, July 10-24
Strange Irrigation, ©2009 Phyllis L. Evans
ManicHaus, Modern Art Space, is proud to present “Experimental Procedures,” a solo exhibition by Phyllis Evans will be on view at ManicHaus in McAllen, from July 10-24, 2009. A reception will be held during from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on July 10, 2009. ManicHaus is located at 1301-B, North Main Street in McAllen. Admission is free.
“I draw much of my artistic inspiration from the work of the Surrealists, who defied rationality and combined seemingly incongruous elements often using chance occurrence and automatic thinking process,” Evans said. “My process of working with digital media disallows a truly automatic or subconscious approach to my work, but I try to be as instinctive as I can and rely as much as possible on my subconscious whims when making my initial reactions, selections and choices.”
My affinity for the work of Frida Kahlo fuels my work for I share her “black sense of humor,” and her “taste for the gothically shocking.” Kahlo also referenced medical texts in her paintings, “to explain the mechanical part of the whole business” as she sought to come to terms with her physical condition and the medical treatments she endured. Like Kahlo, I frequently combine mechanical and organic forms, emphasizing the most unpleasant aspects of both.
“Echoing Kahlo’s distrust of the machine, my own strange hybrids of suggests to the viewer something ominous and draws upon our collective anxieties in a world where potential biological catastrophes loom large, where good science is halted by irrationality, and where bad science is encouraged by the market place, in our current political climate in which ethics go largely ignored,” Evans commented.
Gallery hours are: Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 6pm. Please call 956-207-0940 or e-mail: manichaus@gmail.com for more information. ManicHaus is a 2008-09 McAllen Arts Council grant recipient. Art classes are available as well.
