Centered.
January 13 - February 24, 2023
ENGAGE Projects is pleased to present Centered. a two-person exhibition featuring work by Jean Alexander Frater and Margaret Welsh.
Both a beginning and a destination, the ‘center’ is a measure of balance—of weight, of composition, of well-being. The center is a point of overlap between art and life.
ENGAGE Projects is delighted to announce our upcoming show Centered. featuring work by Jean Alexander Frater and Margaret Welsh. Tertiary colors will fill the gallery in organic shapes and parceled compositions, both vibrant and resistant in their departure from popular culture. Foregrounding the medium itself, the exhibition explores painting as a form of objecthood. Alexander Frater and Welsh speak a feminist vernacular, choosing to engage more surface while occupying less space with their work. Themes of expansion and contraction act as foil to one another while punctuating a larger question of what it means to inhabit space. Reflecting on the politics of physical and social landscapes, Centered. contemplates space as a shared resource in which the ‘center’ exists in abundance as a fluid point defined by one’s own equidistance within a chosen community.
*Reviewed in the New Art Examiner
*Artforum Must see
ENGAGE Projects is delighted to announce our upcoming show Centered. featuring work by Jean Alexander Frater and Margaret Welsh. Tertiary colors will fill the gallery in organic shapes and parceled compositions, both vibrant and resistant in their departure from popular culture. Foregrounding the medium itself, the exhibition explores painting as a form of objecthood. Alexander Frater and Welsh speak a feminist vernacular, choosing to engage more surface while occupying less space with their work. Themes of expansion and contraction act as foil to one another while punctuating a larger question of what it means to inhabit space. Reflecting on the politics of physical and social landscapes, Centered. contemplates space as a shared resource in which the ‘center’ exists in abundance as a fluid point defined by one’s own equidistance within a chosen community.
*Reviewed in the New Art Examiner
*Artforum Must see
JEAN ALEXANDER FRATER
Bandaged Spectrum, 2022
acrylic and latex on torn canvas then woven
20 x 16 in 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Bandaged Spectrum, 2022
acrylic and latex on torn canvas then woven
20 x 16 in 50.8 x 40.6 cm
JEAN ALEXANDER FRATER
Stretched inward and outward, 2022
acrylic and latex on canvas
30 x 34 in 76.2 x 86.4 cm
Stretched inward and outward, 2022
acrylic and latex on canvas
30 x 34 in 76.2 x 86.4 cm
JEAN ALEXANDER FRATER
Hitching Belt, 2022
acrylic and latex on torn canvas then woven
40 x 40 in 101.6 x 101.6 cm
Hitching Belt, 2022
acrylic and latex on torn canvas then woven
40 x 40 in 101.6 x 101.6 cm
JEAN ALEXANDER FRATER
Turquoise Field, 2022
acrylic and latex on torn canvas then woven
48 x 36 in 121.9 x 91.4 cm each
Turquoise Field, 2022
acrylic and latex on torn canvas then woven
48 x 36 in 121.9 x 91.4 cm each
JEAN ALEXANDER FRATER
Pink Mound, 2022
acrylic and latex on torn canvas then woven
47 x 40 in 119.4 x 101.6 cm
Pink Mound, 2022
acrylic and latex on torn canvas then woven
47 x 40 in 119.4 x 101.6 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (peachy), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 1/2 x 17 x 3 1/4 in 49.5 x 43.2 x 8.3 cm
Trophy Woman (peachy), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 1/2 x 17 x 3 1/4 in 49.5 x 43.2 x 8.3 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (warm silk), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
17 1/2 x 18 x 4 1/2 in 44.5 x 45.7 x 11.4 cm
Trophy Woman (warm silk), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
17 1/2 x 18 x 4 1/2 in 44.5 x 45.7 x 11.4 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (cocoa), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
18 3/4 x 18 x 4 1/2 in 47.6 x 45.7 x 11.4 cm
Trophy Woman (cocoa), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
18 3/4 x 18 x 4 1/2 in 47.6 x 45.7 x 11.4 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (chestnut), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 x 17 1/2 x 4 1/2 in 48.3 x 44.5 x 11.4 cm
Trophy Woman (chestnut), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 x 17 1/2 x 4 1/2 in 48.3 x 44.5 x 11.4 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (alabaster), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 1/2 x 19 x 3 1/2 in 49.5 x 48.3 x 8.9 cm
Trophy Woman (alabaster), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 1/2 x 19 x 3 1/2 in 49.5 x 48.3 x 8.9 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (latte), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 x 18 1/2 x 3 in 48.3 x 47 x 7.6 cm
Trophy Woman (latte), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 x 18 1/2 x 3 in 48.3 x 47 x 7.6 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (mahogany), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
17 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 4 in 44.5 x 43.8 x 10.2 cm
Trophy Woman (mahogany), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
17 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 4 in 44.5 x 43.8 x 10.2 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (deepest almond), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
17 x 18 1/2 x 4 in 43.2 x 47 x 10.2 cm
Trophy Woman (deepest almond), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
17 x 18 1/2 x 4 in 43.2 x 47 x 10.2 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (porcelain), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
18 x 17 x 4 in 45.7 x 43.2 x 10.2 cm
Trophy Woman (porcelain), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
18 x 17 x 4 in 45.7 x 43.2 x 10.2 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (truffle), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 x 18 1/2 x 4 in 48.3 x 47 x 10.2 cm
Trophy Woman (truffle), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 x 18 1/2 x 4 in 48.3 x 47 x 10.2 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (very light olive), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 x 18 1/2 x 3 3/4 in 48.3 x 47 x 9.5 cm
Trophy Woman (very light olive), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 x 18 1/2 x 3 3/4 in 48.3 x 47 x 9.5 cm
MARGARET WELSH
Trophy Woman (spiced almond), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 x 17 x 4 1/2 in 48.3 x 43.2 x 11.4 cm
Trophy Woman (spiced almond), 2023
house paint on paper drop cloth, mounted to panel with string
19 x 17 x 4 1/2 in 48.3 x 43.2 x 11.4 cm
