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New Work by Jared WeissELLSWORTH GALLERY
Nov 18 2022 - Feb 12 2023
Jared Weiss’s painting process investigates particular spaces and frames characters’ actions within these spaces. Figures engage in theatrical moments of confusion and fixation, or are possibly participating in games with unclear rules. Themes of lingering aftermath and psychological echoes permeate.
Up to this point, Weiss’s work examined the similarities between three types of spaces: the stage; the field; and the table. Each of these spaces is activated by performances in which a figure embodies a specific role: the actor portrays a character; the athlete performs in a game; the dinner guest shares a story. The figure needs the space in order to inhabit the role; the space needs the figure for the performance to occur. The Party’s Over explores this idea within the context of the desert, an environment that lacks these overarching social expectations and hints at a general sense of uncertainty.