NYC///FOR THE GIRLS///LORI EARLEY & TARA McPHERSON AT LEVINE GALLERY…

March 18th, 2008

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The Dream Team: Tara & Lori make the show worth the trip…

In this macho art world it’s nice to see the girls pull together for a show of force, which is exactly what happened when NYC-based painters LORI EARLEY and TARA McPHERSON teamed up for a joint show of new work that debuted at JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY in Chelsea late last month. Earley’s portion of the show, “Fade to Gray” features a formidable array of subtly-hued new paintings and drawings depicting her stylized Keane-eyed girls displayed against walls cloaked in dusky gray Victorian wallpaper while McPherson’s half, “Lost Constellations” showcases a large series of colorful new oil paintings depicting “adventurous super-heroines from an alternate universe, crossing dimensional planes of time and space.” The real surprise of the exhibit, however, was the gallery’s project room where McPherson’s new sculptural installation of giant multicolored skull-flowers and google-eyed “Mr Wiggles” balloons was housed, her first foray into three-dimensional work. HAVE A LOOK:

All photos by ADAM WALLACAVAGE… 

TARA McPHERSON: 
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Tara in the garden of skull flowers…

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The girls get their hands on the Wiggles…

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Esao Andrews and Eric White attempt a double date with the ladies of the evening…

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Elder statesman Mark Ryden with Marion Peck with adopted children E White and Miss Tara…

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LORI EARLEY:
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Pretty as a picture…

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Lori with muse Aprella…

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The man of the house Johnny Levine with the visiting royalty…

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