In a Domestic Partnership(it's complicated) Pop-Up Show

BOSTON, MA — In a Domestic Partnership (It’s Complicated), features works by Alicia Applegate, Janet Loren Hill, and Will Suglia. The exhibition is curated and organized by:
Dimitri Espinosa, Aileen Herdan, Karina Mangual, Camilla Maloney, Savanna Nelson, Camille Rodriguez, Ariela Rotondo, Sopheak Sam
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This pop-up exhibition is curated and produced by students in Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s Professional Practices course taught by Susan Metrican.

It is impossible to deny that our current state of reality is imbued with anxiety. Social conventions and domestic affairs are at the center of concern and debate—it is a difficult task to thwart the permeation of the anxieties of the outside world into our own homes and bodies. It is no wonder that post-modernism’s depiction of the human body has been abstracted so far from Michelangelo’s David.

The three artists in this exhibition do not necessarily seek out the portrayal of the human body in it’s most idealized form, the body can be employed as a symbolic device to comment on the social conventions of our current state of reality. Janet Loren Hill’s sculptural work creates its own physical space through the embellishment and fragmentation of male and female forms, permitting a voyeuristic view of her marriage and domestic life. Art historically, the figure’s domestic dwelling has often been confined within the boundaries of a canvas; Will Suglia’s cramped and crouching figures blur the boundaries between body and space, creating a direct tension between the form and the limitations of the canvas. Alicia Applegate’s direct gestural drawings bring to light how much technology has permeated into our collective domestic lives.

Through fragmentation, exaggeration, and simplification of the human form in various degrees of domestic space, these artists’ works are representative of American postmodern cultural anxieties regarding the state of humanity, the body, and the space it resides in.

Alicia Applegate
Boston based, Alicia Applegate uses bright colors and stylized figures to depict vibrant, relaxed domestic scenes. A window into scenes from everyday life, Applegate’s work is relatable and intriguing. Her expressive color and shapes bring seeming mundane activities to life. Small scale works on paper. She received a BFA in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
http://aliciaapplegate.squarespace.com/

Janet Loren Hill
Boston based artist; her work is a commentary on gender roles within her partnership with her husband that began when they were fifteen and how it has progressed up until today. Janet received her BFA from the University of Washington, and MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
http://www.janetlorenhill.com/

Will Suglia
Boston-based multimedia artist, Will Suglia uses figures, shapes and marks to create narratives and space within his work. Using 2D and 3D materials Suglia depicts the human form in a contorted and crude fashion. Will received his MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, his Post-baccalaureate from Brandeis University, and BFA from Saint Anselm College.
https://www.willsugliaart.com/

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