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March 10 to April 14, 2007
TOMIKO PILSON | images
In the Plus Gallery, Western Exhibitions is thrilled to present Tomiko Pilson’s first solo show. Pilson’s lush and lurid paintings delve deep into femme fatale archetypes and Filipino folklore, especially the myth of the manananggal - a murderous female shape-shifter that splits into two parts. Set in an indistinct island locale, Pilson's sexy and fierce invented landscapes are informed by ghost stories, b-movies, travel culture, nostalgia and sadistic love. She will show two large-scale paintings on unstretched canvas that function as gigantic posters of tropical nightscapes and a tiny postcard sized painting, all dramatically hung on the walls by large concrete nails.
Femme, 2007 10" x 8"Tomiko Pilson has been included in group shows at the Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, the Artist Commune in Hong Kong, Ethan Coen Fine Arts in New York, and most recently in “Where All the D*cks Hang Out” at Western Exhibitions. Pilson received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003 and studied at the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture in 2004. Her work has been written about in The Honolulu Advertiser and the New York Times. She lives and works in Chicago.
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