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Looking Through the Art History Telescope: ODETTA presents “Becoming” Artist Talk on December 7th

In November four distinct artists brought us beauty, wit and style with the opening of "Becoming" at ODETTA Gallery. Taking an off-beat approach to portraiture and illustrating their subjects’ personalities rather than straightforward likenesses; in doing so, they brought us face-to-face with forms unrecognizable; barely human. Igniting historical abstractions and combining surreal revelations, Deborah Brown […]

Looking Through the Art History Telescope: ODETTA presents “Becoming” Artist Talk on December 7th
Clockwise: Works by Mary Dwyer, Alice Momm, Gregory Curry and Deborah Brown in "Becoming"

Looking Through the Art History Telescope: ODETTA presents “Becoming” Artist Talk on December 7th

In November four distinct artists brought us beauty, wit and style with the opening of "Becoming" at ODETTA Gallery. Taking an off-beat approach to portraiture and illustrating their subjects’ personalities rather than straightforward likenesses; in doing so, they brought us face-to-face with forms unrecognizable; barely human. Igniting historical abstractions and combining surreal revelations, Deborah Brown […]

Looking Through the Art History Telescope: ODETTA presents “Becoming” Artist Talk on December 7th

In November four distinct artists brought us beauty, wit and style with the opening of “Becoming” at ODETTA Gallery. Taking an off-beat approach to portraiture and illustrating their subjects’ personalities rather than straightforward likenesses; in doing so, they brought us face-to-face with forms unrecognizable; barely human.

Igniting historical abstractions and combining surreal revelations, Deborah Brown encourages the viewer to rethink her work’s meaning as they look back at history through its telescope. Hear…

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