Duo Exhibition: Mirror
Sean Hamilton & Ariel Parrow
Dates: November 4 - 25, 2023
Reception: Saturday, November 4 | 5 - 8 PM
Glass Rice is proud to present Mirror a duo exhibition of new oil paintings by Ariel Parrow and Sean Hamilton. In their first joint exhibition, Hamilton and Parrow seamlessly blend their painting styles as they explore the collision of the mundane and the extraordinary through striking juxtapositions.\
In Parrow’s individual practice, she provides insightful commentary on the methodology of capitalism and consumerism through painting. Often blending images and icons from various generations with bold text, her work ignites conversation around contemporary culture through her use of familiar and timeless imagery. By also re-contextualizing elements from editorial aesthetics, such as typography and a sense of romanticism often found in magazines, Parrow uses a carefully selected visual language to discuss contemporary culture.
Similarly, Hamilton’s paintings also explore aspects of our current social landscape - focusing on issues that hit close to home. With intentional pairings of images that cross eras, traditions, and niche communities, Hamilton explores politics, social absurdity, sexuality, and identity through his paintings - often posing a subliminal question to his viewers.
In combining their eccentric, yet similar styles and thoughts, Parrow and Hamilton have come together in Mirror to reflect the absurdity that emerges at the intersection of the known and the unknown. The catalyst for this body of work emerged from their collective thought that contact with higher intelligence and entities would shatter the secure cocoon of our everyday reality - urging us to question not only our physical existence, but how profound, ground-shaking encounters are a reflection of our own humanity. By using common imagery such as flowers, crowds of people, and statues contrasted with familiar yet uncanny scenes force viewers to reevaluate our perception of reality.
The work in Mirror urges us to contemplate our place in the universe and the ways in which we conduct ourselves and move about our world.
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The opening reception will run from 5-8 pm on November 4 and is open to the general public for walk-ins. Private appointments can be made on our website to view the exhibition after the opening reception through November 25.
Sean Hamilton & Ariel Parrow
Dates: November 4 - 25, 2023
Reception: Saturday, November 4 | 5 - 8 PM
Glass Rice is proud to present Mirror a duo exhibition of new oil paintings by Ariel Parrow and Sean Hamilton. In their first joint exhibition, Hamilton and Parrow seamlessly blend their painting styles as they explore the collision of the mundane and the extraordinary through striking juxtapositions.\
In Parrow’s individual practice, she provides insightful commentary on the methodology of capitalism and consumerism through painting. Often blending images and icons from various generations with bold text, her work ignites conversation around contemporary culture through her use of familiar and timeless imagery. By also re-contextualizing elements from editorial aesthetics, such as typography and a sense of romanticism often found in magazines, Parrow uses a carefully selected visual language to discuss contemporary culture.
Similarly, Hamilton’s paintings also explore aspects of our current social landscape - focusing on issues that hit close to home. With intentional pairings of images that cross eras, traditions, and niche communities, Hamilton explores politics, social absurdity, sexuality, and identity through his paintings - often posing a subliminal question to his viewers.
In combining their eccentric, yet similar styles and thoughts, Parrow and Hamilton have come together in Mirror to reflect the absurdity that emerges at the intersection of the known and the unknown. The catalyst for this body of work emerged from their collective thought that contact with higher intelligence and entities would shatter the secure cocoon of our everyday reality - urging us to question not only our physical existence, but how profound, ground-shaking encounters are a reflection of our own humanity. By using common imagery such as flowers, crowds of people, and statues contrasted with familiar yet uncanny scenes force viewers to reevaluate our perception of reality.
The work in Mirror urges us to contemplate our place in the universe and the ways in which we conduct ourselves and move about our world.
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The opening reception will run from 5-8 pm on November 4 and is open to the general public for walk-ins. Private appointments can be made on our website to view the exhibition after the opening reception through November 25.