The Society for Contemporary Art's summer gallery walk is quicky becoming a favorite event of the season. Christina Forrer's masterful weavings images at Corbett vs Dempsey gallery brought a magical reality to a hot urban Chicago afternoon.
Seeming mythical stories of village spirits bring mythical figures present elevating daily life. I love the bold white spotted orange and yellow dress of a woman holding her head in purple arms. Multicolored life spirit spirals upward from cut neck, in the style of primitive Mayan sacrificial rites. A purple head floats above a vibrating green meadow. Spirit figures are stacked along the side.
Death and rebirth are present in this moment where we struggle to once again bring vitality to our lived post pandemic lives.
Kirchner’s painting from mountains above Davos
The essential quality of the weaving reminds me of Anni Albers experiments with color on the loom. The bright colors remind me of the magic infused mountain scenes of Kirchner's late work in the Swiss mountains.
Anni Albers