WILLAMSPORT, PA (August 7, 2014)
The works on display are a combination of story-telling, magical thinking, irrelevance, imagination, and humor.The feeling of the artist to be “watched by things” is what connects the different creatures, half human and half animals, half alive and half dead, that are typical of her imagery to reality. Ghosts, demons and other supernatural entities hidden behind the veil of thin air constitute the fulcrum of this discussion about art, memory, symbolism, dream, perception and even psychology. The references that can be easily identified in this body of works are suspended between ancient art, the figures that populate the margins of the medieval illuminated manuscripts and a reinterpretation of the modern illustrations of fairy tales. The implied suggestions in her work are meant to strike the subconscious of the viewer.
“Ghosts in the Smoke” is a solo show dedicated to the most recent works of the local artist Liz Parrish. The exhibition opens on Thursday, August 7th at 6:00 PM and will be on display until Saturday, September 27th.
Liz Parrish
The art of Williamsport, PA, resident Liz Parrish is characterized by playfully rendered animal hybrids that are strange as well as comic. After years of work, Parrish has refined the contours of her half-real, half-imagined creatures to tap into the essence of what makes a person care about an animal. Despite the cartoonish elements of her work, there’s an immediate connection to the real world, whether it’s through the several incarnations of her almost mythologized household cats or the sometimes war-like, cannibalistic, and mischievous content in her scenes.
About CG Projects
CG Projects is a gallery space created to give visibility to local and more international artists, test new initiatives and address a further attention to the local community.
The gallery features contemporary art in all mediums and genres that incorporates a virtual connection with the international zeitgeist and can be further described as having an implied vitality meant to transcend the rules of the art world, marketplace and academia.
Based in historic downtown Williamsport, PA, CG Projects is located at 140 West Fourth Street. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday from 11am-7pm.
For more information, please call: 570-435-7080, or visit:www.convergegallery.com or email: john@convergegallery.com.
