BLACK & RAW
Acrylic on raw unstretched canvas, grommets, 79 x 72 in, 2021
These paintings were all made during the COVID 19 pandemic isolation of 2021. The small symmetrical and circular drawings I'd been making began to appear as desperate faces with wild eyes. I decided to make them large, like giant emojis, to express my uncertainty, fear, and anger, as I followed the news of deaths, essential workers, Black Lives Matter, Me Too and immigrants losing children at the border. It was a time to wear my heart on my sleeve. These paintings were shown in my solo show, "My Pleasure", at Opalka Gallery, Russell Sage College, Albany, NY, 2022.
INSTALL shots : https://www.judithannbraun.com/paintings/-my-pleasure---opalka-gallery--2022-
REVIEWS: https://brooklynrail.org/2022/03/artseen/Judith-Braun-My-Pleasure/