she/her
Andrea Manning
I’ve always had trouble understanding things. When we look at something head on, details tend to get lost in translation. Instead, I’ve found that looking slightly left of the thing reveals a truer meaning of the thing than a direct view. Clear and more meaningful understanding occurs here. This has led me to the use of metaphor and symbolism in the paintings. Deeper understanding is revealed through the relationship to its like.
I’ve never been on the battlefield, but I have stood in front of a white canvas. Who am I? Who is this? Who are we? What are we fighting for? Every time it changes. Every time it should. I am not the same as I was yesterday. The painting is not the same as it was three hours ago. We fight together with common goals, to figure out what we are and to gain perspective in the experience.
The content of the work is contradiction and the balance that occurs within this state. Hard but soft. Object but idea. Here but there. Wobbly but centered. Teammate but adversary. Clear but mumbled. Epic but ordinary. Balance can only occur when two sides of the same coin are present, existing together and simultaneously pulling at the other’s existence.
Rat Saw God, 2024.
Oil on panel, 24 × 24 in.
No Alarm Clock Like Fear, 2024.
Oil on panel, 24 × 24 in.
Maybe Wish That You Kinder, 2024.
Oil on canvas. 36 × 48 in.
Genius Hour, 2024.
Oil on canvas. 56 × 58 in.
Stage at Sharkey’s, 2024.
Oil on canvas. 24 × 24 in.