In the Pines
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“In the Pines,” an exhibition of paintings, ceramics, and works on paper by Rebecca Morgan, is at Asya Geisberg Gallery through October 29. Morgan grew up in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania; her work plays with stereotypes and caricatures of hillbillies and country people. The woods suggest a coarse and hedonistic culture: it is the scene of bonfires, hunting, sex, drunken revelry, camaraderie, fights, and perversion. Morgan said in an interview with TOH Magazine. “I navigate my reverence and aversion to the place that has rejected yet charmed me. I operate in modes of frustration, cynicism, and reclamation.”
Rebecca Morgan, Family Reunion, 2016, oil and graphite on panel, 24″ x 30″.
Sweet Country Bumpkin, 2016, oil and graphite on panel, 10″ x 9″.
Plan B on Easter Sunday, 2016, oil and graphite on panel, 10″ x 8″.
Runaway bride/groom, 2016, oil and graphite on panel, 20″ x 22″.
Cinnabun in Bed, 2016, oil and graphite on panel, 20″ x 24″.