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Naked
Two Woman Art Show Explores the Female Figure
Naked Opens at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts
CONTACT:
Megan Whilden, Director
A two person show exploring the female figure opens at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in downtown Pittsfield Saturday, November 13. The show, entitled Naked, features a Berkshire County artist Jeanet Ingalls, paired with a Norwegian artist, Anki King, who currently resides in Brooklyn. The artists, both female, are united by their use of figurative work to evoke a variety of emotions. The public is invited to the opening reception to be held Saturday, November 13 from 5pm to 7pm.
 The paintings are raw, catching the figures in moments of stillness and unconscious and unembarrassed self revelation. Inherent in the paintings are all the emotions, psychology and states of being read into the word itself: Naked. Jeanet Ingalls notes, “In my portraits and figures, my subjects are contorted by the hardships and struggles and the sheer biomorphic effort to transform pain into discovery of self. “
Anki King explains her creative process: “When I start a painting, I don’t have a goal—I don’t set out to make something pretty. The paintings tell me what to do and what they need, including the palette, which is always limited. You have to hunt for the colors. I suppose they’re more precious that way, just like everything else in the painting that is revealed only after some time and effort.”
Naked is scheduled to run from November 13th until January 8th, 2011. Please note that the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts will be closed for the holidays December 22, 2010-January 1, 2011.
For more information about Anki King and her work, please visit her website: www.ankiking.com
For more information about Jeanet Ingalls and her work, please visit her website: www.jinsix.com
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