Virginia Mallon
paintings and photography
I am an artist working in paint, photography, and occasionally mixed media. My work contemplates religious, historic, and mythological women, personal histories, and the psychological undercurrents of contemporary society. I paint on traditional canvas as well as non-traditional surfaces such as porcelain, china, burlap, cigar boxes and slate. I especially love using discarded slate from a former state-run (1885-1996) condemned psychiatric hospital. Now a hotspot for urbex explorers, it provides a wealth of unusual poignant pieces of history on which to work. The added symbolism using a piece of broken shelter for portraits seems appropriate for our times. Virginia Mallon
who we used to be
rose and the sparrow
henry aloysius
young francis
esther and the rabbit
henrietta and dawn
even in the garden – wilderness of salt
when god was a woman
apples of knowledge
trinity
king of diamonds
lot’s wife
even in the garden
politics – property of the state
politics
last egg
every egg
child
american dirt
property of the state
blind justice
nevermore
portraits (on slate) - artists & poets (on a cigar box)
fractured lincoln
fran lebowitz
frank and alice
esther, harry, and rose
george grosz and antoine de saint-exupery
mark helprin and edward hirsch
frida kahlo and rainer maria rilke
small nourishments
first figs
2.5 eggs
9 radish
nightstation
project outlines: who we used to be – and the repercussions of intergenerational trauma even in the garden – and the loss of feminine power politics & property of the state – and the attack on human rights in america portraits on slate and artists & poets on cigar boxes – and the company we keep small nourishments – and what sustains us, on slate nightstation –photomontage of dreams and memories
Contact Information: Virginia Mallon 646-641-8545 VirginiaMallon@gmail.com www.VirginiaMallon.com @VirginiaMallon www.VirginiaMallon.blogspot.com