Past

Any soul born from childhood will connect with the universal experience of growing up, a sensation that Laura Peturson implores with apparent effortlessness - and capitalizes on as a space to draw attention to the world that today’s children are destined to inherit. Within large scale murals, Peterson immerses her audience in a fantasy land that at first glance seems separate from the adult world. And yet, there is something looming in the margins...

Although the context for this exhibition may seem melancholy in tone, there is a dark beauty to the prints, expressed in the lyrical quality of Rudolph's line, the softness of the figures, delicate grass pattern, and painterly dark clouds. Rudolph is rigorous in her approach to printmaking, using a systematic medium to investigate a systemic problem...