Last night I had a real treat: I went to an artist talk at Asya Geisberg Gallery. Annie Attridge's porcelain figures filled the gallery and on the wall were her large scale drawings.The porcelain sculptures really captured my imagination. Depicting flowing female bodies that are literally oozing flesh, they are unconstrained images of female sexuality. This raw excess stands in stark contrast to typical porcelain figurines that depict shepherdesses and marquises. There is also a playfulness to these works, but there are dark undercurrents of conflicts and stormy feelings. They manage to be both charming and disturbing at the same time.
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