Angelina Nasso: Venus Sequence

November 16 - December 28,2024

From McClain Gallery: "McClain Gallery is pleased to present Angelina Nasso: Venus Sequence, an exhibition of paintings on paper, each featuring vast flows of paint helmed by broad circles or half domes. Nasso unveils a vibrant meditation on the unseen forces that connect our inner and outer worlds. Rendered in tones of purple, green, and teal with phosphorescent pigments, these works explore the liminal – a space of spiritual openness and potential. In 2016, Nasso underwent a near-death experience. In this body of work, the artist attempts to parse what she went through by investigating dreams, visions, and altered states of consciousness. Nasso’s sweeping brush work and glowing, orblike forms embody a sense of energy and flow, suggesting a communion with nature and unseen realms. Her work serves as an invitation to pause and consider beauty beyond the material, where art becomes a bridge to the transcendent. By giving validity to transformative realms of creativity, Nasso opens a powerful gateway to affirming forces beyond what we can see, own, dominate, and market. In this way, and as in the work of other women and transcendentalists, Nasso’s paintings resist common misconceptions of spirituality in art and confront the exploitation of beauty by patriarchal culture. A writer as much as a painter, Nasso writes the below about Venus Sequence:"

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