The Mermaid in the Hospital: Curated by Maeve D'Arcy by Kathryn Markel Fine Arts

THEMERMAIDINTHE HOSPITAL

CURATED BY MAEVE D’ARCY

SABRA MOON ELLIOT

EMILY NOELLE LAMBERT

MAÍRA SENISE

"Silky”byMaíraSenise

Onthecover:

TheMermaidintheHospital

SabraMoonElliot EmilyNoelleLambert MaíraSenise CuratedbyMaeveD’Arcy September14throughOctober21,2023

KathrynMarkelFineArtsispleasedtopresent,“TheMermaidinthe Hospital,” curated by Maeve D’Arcy and featuring work by Sabra Moon Elliot, Emily Noelle Lambert, and Maíra Senise. It will run concurrentlywithD’Arcy’ssoloshow,“Ogham.”

This exhibition brings together three artists who explore the in between:figurationandabstraction,thephysicalandtheintangible, poetry and prose. The title is borrowed from a poem by Nuala Ní

Dhomhnaill written in Irish and translated into English by Paul Muldoon. Translation is an art form full of interpretations. The process allows elements to be lost, gained, and filled in. Language can exist as an act of resistance and rebellion—especially languages stifled and violently suppressed by colonization. Ní Dhomhnaill’s poem encompasses the dualities explored in the artists’ work. The showcelebratesthethinveilbetweenversionsofselfandplace,real andimagined.

Sabra Moon Elliot is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice engages with the relationships between, structure, color and larger cultural and social phenomena. Her geometric forms subvert the traditionallinearstructureofthegrid,clashingagainstoneanother to create fragmented quilt like shapes. Working across sculpture, installation,paintings,andceramics,sheisinspiredbytheinherent structures, forms and colors found in nature as as well as outsider Americanquiltmakingtraditionsthatareleftoutofthecanon.Her work attempts to bridge those gaps or at least ignite a dialogue aroundthembyexploringnotionsofvisibility.Alwaysfollowingher intuition, her process is driven by improvisation. At times she physically disrupts the rules she employs to make her work, deployingdifferentstrategiestointerruptthesurfacethroughvarious gesturesfrompokingholestodeconstructingthematerial.

SabraMoonElliot

“Breakout,”2023 paper,plaster,andacrylic 10.5x10inches

SabraMoonElliot

“Colorsaroundthesun,”2023 paper,plaster,andacrylic 13x10.5inches

SabraMoonElliot

“Colorblocks,”2023 paper,plaster,acrylic,andmedium 11x10inches

SabraMoonElliot

“Creator,”2021

clay

8.25x7inches

SabraMoonElliot

“Clown,”2021

clay

9.5x7.75inches

Emily Noelle Lambert createsabstractpaintings,totemicsculptures and installations that echo an evocative interrelation between color and form. Inspired by automatic drawings and plein air painting, Lambert’s gestural compositions reflect different aspects of her surroundings. Robust with geometric and biomorphic flat planes of color,eachcanvasexpressesauniqueportrayalofnature.

Tethered to her paintings are her sculptures that function as a metaphorfortheenvironment.Utilizingfoundobjects,andceramic vessels Lambert’s precariously stacked totems reveal a sense of temporalityandimpermanence.

Both celebratory and introspective, Lambert’s work invites the viewertolookbeyondthescopeoftheirsurroundingsandintothe realmofpossibility.

LambertisfulltimefacultyinDrawingandPaintingatKeeneState CollegeinNewHampshire.

EmilyNoelleLambert “HolditTogether,”2023 clay 19x12x9inches

“BeneaththeMuck,”2023

acryliconcanvas

72x80.25inches

“BackYard,”2021

oiloncanvas

52x48inches

EmilyNoelleLambert EmilyNoelleLambert

Maíra Senise wasborninBrazilin1989andhaslivedintheUnited States since 2015. She received a Bachelor degree in Industrial Design at Puc-Rio De Janeiro. Upon graduation, she worked as a fashionandpatterndesignerforseveralBrazilianbrands.Duringthis time,shedevelopedherartisticpractice.Sincethen,shecontinuedto work in painting, sculptures, ceramic objects, installations, and video. Presently, she has also been working as a teaching artist for theyouth.ShelivesandworksinRidgewood,NewYork.

MaíraSenise

“Pillow1,”2021

acryliconpapermache,watercolor,beads, spraypaint,plasticonfabric