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Harper’s is pleased to announce Games of Chance, St. Louis-based artist Chloe West’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The presentation features new paintings by West and opens Thursday, April 10, 6–8pm, with a reception attended by the artist.
Throughout Games of Chance, West continues to explore the aesthetics of the American West, evoking the haunting vastness of its past. She juxtaposes her own form against hyperreal landscapes of roaming pastures and mountainous terrains. In these new self-portraits, the artist fuses a diverse array of visual cultural references—from the filmic canon of Western movies to medieval and biblical iconography. West, however, subtly incorporates these symbols within the everyday, pulling them into the folds of vernacular landscapes. Alongside these semi-biographical portraits, West includes still lifes filled with bones and discarded debris—the detritus one might encou…
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Harper’s is pleased to announce Games of Chance, St. Louis-based artist Chloe West’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The presentation features new paintings by West and opens Thursday, April 10, 6–8pm, with a reception attended by the artist.
Throughout Games of Chance, West continues to explore the aesthetics of the American West, evoking the haunting vastness of its past. She juxtaposes her own form against hyperreal landscapes of roaming pastures and mountainous terrains. In these new self-portraits, the artist fuses a diverse array of visual cultural references—from the filmic canon of Western movies to medieval and biblical iconography. West, however, subtly incorporates these symbols within the everyday, pulling them into the folds of vernacular landscapes. Alongside these semi-biographical portraits, West includes still lifes filled with bones and discarded debris—the detritus one might encou…
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