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Squeak Carnwath: Pattern Language

Past exhibition
April 29 - June 18, 2022
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Installation view. Photo credit: Arturo Sanchez.
Overview
Squeak Carnwath: Pattern Language

Jane Lombard Gallery is pleased to present Pattern Language, an exhibition of new paintings by Squeak Carnwath. The artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, Pattern Language presents the viewer with intricate visual archives that entangle public observation and private introspection.

Pattern recognition is an essential part of the human experience. We pull from memory to make sense of the world around us. Recognizable patterns allow us to understand common rhythms between people, places, and cultures, understanding the new through the familiar by assigning identity and meaning.

As an artist, Carnwath paints her own thoughts and observations, often connected to politics and personal narratives, knowing others will create their own recognitions within her compositions. She likens her patterns and symbols to messages scrawled on the wall of a public bathroom, a space that is intimate and yet open for everyone. Through painting of easily recognized symbols she allows the viewer to imbue her work with their own sense of familiarity. For instance, a wire hanger might bring to mind abortion rights, or Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest. Eyes may prompt a sense of investigation, understanding, attendance, comprehension or voyeurism. Outlines of hands and gestures tie the work to the body and the act of making, while inviting the viewer to examine the visual narratives closely.

“Thoughts are evidence of existence,” Carnwath says, “we all have them.” Anonymous messages have a tendency to touch people in unexpected ways, and this connection generates universal understanding. Art is about generosity, giving something of yourself, making the work accessible so that participants can have an experience that is theirs alone. Pattern Language trusts viewers to draw their own meaning from what they see.

  • Press | Do We Still Recognize Ourselves?, Hyperallergic
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Works
  • Squeak Carnwath, Eye Rmbrnt, 2021
    Squeak Carnwath, Eye Rmbrnt, 2021
  • Squeak Carnwath, Will It, 2020
    Squeak Carnwath, Will It, 2020
  • Squeak Carnwath, History, 2022
    Squeak Carnwath, History, 2022
  • Squeak Carnwath, Home, 2020
    Squeak Carnwath, Home, 2020
  • Squeak Carnwath, Silence, 2022
    Squeak Carnwath, Silence, 2022
  • Squeak Carnwath, Then We Must, 2020
    Squeak Carnwath, Then We Must, 2020
Press
  • “Do We Still Recognize Ourselves?”

    In an age when everything is called into doubt, Squeak Carnwath’s concern with seeing carries a deep urgency.
    John Yau, Hyperallergic, May 5, 2022

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