credits: Amelie Chabannes

from My Portrait of Your Identity

Smoke and firebrand, the laser-light show

Amelie Chabannes’ My Portrait of Your Identity opens Friday, March 21st with a reception at LUXE Gallery.

“My Portrait consists of thirty small self-portraits painted in slight relief in which smoke and flames articulate breath and gestures, armies of dots dance to form paisley patterns and then quickly dissolve in to a swirl and flourish of flesh.  These dimensional paintings presciently lead into full small-scale sculptures of the artist’s head rendered in various incarnations which elude to different biological substances.”

Part of the exhibit includes a collaboration with Brazilian video artist, Antonia Dias Leite, in which men are shown answering questions about the kind of woman they are, and women about the kind of man they are. Chabannes illustrates their facial expressions on the screen.

My Portrait of Your Identity at LUXE Gallery, 53 Stanton, Friday, March 21st, 7-9pm.