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Whitney Barrett

Whitney Barrett

Artist’s Statement

Some of my recent work focuses on combining elements of narration and abstraction and I’ve been translating my drawings and collages into ceramics. Using pattern, mark making and collage, I have been integrating found text and hybrid/abstracted human figures in static poses. All of these pieces explore questions of identity, story, and how we present to the outside world. I am interested in the way stories are told and implied, assumptions and miscommunication, as well as the tension between expectation and desire. I am a deep lover of fairy tales and fantasy, and am interested in playing with the metaphors of animals and how we know ourselves as humans.

Canal Street Art Gallery

23 Canal Street, Bellows Falls, Vermont