Integrating surrealism, abstraction and symbolism, Svec paints extremely colorful figures, off-kilter grid-marked spaces, and vaguely familiar shapes that never stabilize completely. There’s anxiety in her recognizably human characters. Many are injured – as in Break Thru where a thrusting arm is cut at the elbow – some are alienated – in Earthbound two heads float uneasily over green landscape – others are so deconstructed that trying to read the painting causes anxiety in the viewer. Closes 6/21.
This review will appear in the June 4 issue of The L Magazine.
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