"The Character of Mercy" by Carrie Ann BaadeFellow www.myartspace.com member Carrie Ann Baade is currently involved with a group exhibit at Dabora Gallery. The exhibit, titled Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists, features 15 female artists who explore surreal / mystical worlds within their art.
I interviewed Carrie Ann Baade for myartspace.com in 2006. Since that time Carrie has helped me with one of my youth art education fundraisers. In my opinion, Baade's art is a perfect example of what a surrealistic painter can accomplish today. Carrie's paintings have been called "Imaginative Realism" due to her strong skills in traditional painting. Her body of work captures the essence of Master works while embracing the heart of surrealism. This mix of 'old and new' comes together to create images that are both beautiful and alarming at the same time.
There is a mysterious beauty about Carrie Ann Baade's work. In my opinion, the world she creates is one of harlequins and jesters cloaked by a shroud of danger that can be observed just beneath the surface. When viewed as a collection, Baade's paintings become a masquerade: Anger, fear, humor, sadness, humility, and joy all wear their respected mask. They beg for the viewer to peer beyond their guise. Will you be so bold as to take a look?
Visit Carrie Ann Baade’s myartspace.com profile and website, www.carrieannbaade.com.
From the Fata Morgana Press Release: (www.daboragallery.com/fata.html)
Dabora Gallery and Phantasmaphile's Pam Grossman are proud to usher in the spring season with the group show "Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists," on view from March 14th through April 12th, 2009.
In literal terms, a fata morgana is a mirage or illusion, a waking reverie, a shimmering of the mind. Named for the enchantress Morgan le Fay, these tricks of perception conjure up a sense of glimpsing into another world, whether it be the expanses of an ethereal terrain, or the twilit depths of the psyche. The artists of "Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists" deftly utilize the semiotics of mysticism, fantasy, and the subconscious in their work, thereby guiding the viewer through heretofore uncharted realms - alternately shadowy or luminous, but always inventive.
About the Curator: Pam Grossman is the creator and editor of Phantasmaphile (www.phantasmaphile.com) the premiere online destination for art aficionados with a passion for the surrealand the fantastical. An internationally beloved art and culture web log, it features daily spotlights on artists and events, as well as interviews with such visual luminaries as Thomas Woodruff, Nils Karsten, and Richard A. Kirk.
Phantasmaphile was written up two years in a row on the Manhattan User's Guide Top 400 New York Sites list, and has also fostered rich relationships between Pam and numerous artists who have been promoted on the site. "Fata Morgana" is Pam's first curatorial effort.
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