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WORK BY ETHEL POINDEXTER + LORA TALBOTSEPTEMBER 2 - 26
Opening Reception:
September 11, 5-8pm
Ethel Poindexter channels these complexities into tactile depth through striking sculpture relief forms. Material and process are two fundamental principles that guide her work; to make these sculptures, she rips down layers of plywood and glues the strips together into the desired shape.
In contrast Lora Talbot command the room with raw, large-scale abstract paintings. The fluid, unstructured paint represents a radical freedom, refusing to be contained. She meets the world through touch, translating an internal language of private imagery into raw, physical textures. Without a map or a verbal script, her fingers and tools navigate the surface, guided entirely by intuition and feeling. The true meaning of the work is never planned; It is discovered. It is only after the paint has settled, and the physical journey of creation is complete that the hidden shapes of her inner world become clear, transforming silent emotion into visible poetry.
Being an artist right now requires immerse courage, and this show doesn’t shrink away from that reality. The physical tension in the reliefs paired with the emotional urgency of the abstract paintings create unfiltered look at survival, visibility and pride.
ETHEL POINDEXTER has two BFAs: one in sculpture from the University of Miami and another in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has always maintained a studio and is currently at One Cottage Street, Easthampton, MA. Ethel has held many jobs to support her career in art, including bass fishing boat designer, department store window designer, “She’s My Handyman” (her own company), and currently, art preparator at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.
LORA TALBOT was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her family emigrated to the United States when she was five. She grew up in Charlottesville, Va. and received a B.F.A in Sculpture. Talbot spent a year at the Appalachian Center for Craft studying Ceramics and Penland School of Craft. She was eager to move north because that’s where she belonged. She moved to Boston and earned her masters degree in Art therapy. For the last 15 years, she has focused on painting, completely transforming her creative process. Though most at home with large five-foot canvases, she eventually embraced a need for change, shifting to a much smaller scale and exploring new mediums. Talbot has now lived in Western Ma. for over 30 years and has maintained a studio at 1 Cottage St. in Easthampton, Ma. for the last 10.