ALLISON MILLER
Cameo, 2021
Oil, oil stick, and acrylic on canvas
56 (height) x 45 1/2 (top width) x 58 1/2 (bottom width) in.
Photo: Robert Wedemeyer Photography, Fullerton
Cameo, through its symbolism and style, represents an on-going evolution in Allison Miller's practice. Narrative signifiers of interior space are... ALLISON MILLER, CAMEO, 2021 Cameo, through its symbolism and style,...
Cameo, through its symbolism and style, represents an on-going evolution in Allison Miller's practice. Narrative signifiers of interior space are...
ALLISON MILLER, CAMEO, 2021
Cameo, through its symbolism and style, represents an on-going evolution in Allison Miller's practice. Narrative signifiers of interior space are central to the work: roses, "curtains," and a bifurcated color field work together to suggest the corner of a familiar room. Miller balances the symbols of domestic life with a graphic painting style; although less layered and more sharply articulated than her previous visual strategies, this formal approach is no less complex.
Replete with bright, clean hues, just about every painting includes flowers in some form, whether in printed fabrics, painted images or curving lines that twist like floral tendrils. [...] The new paintings’ use of recognizable imagery demonstrates art’s ability not to replace the world, but to encapsulate experience and make it tangible, and thus available for remembrance, reflection and reaction.— Daniel Gerwin
ALLISON MILLER, CAMEO, 2021
Cameo, through its symbolism and style, represents an on-going evolution in Allison Miller's practice. Narrative signifiers of interior space are central to the work: roses, "curtains," and a bifurcated color field work together to suggest the corner of a familiar room. Miller balances the symbols of domestic life with a graphic painting style; although less layered and more sharply articulated than her previous visual strategies, this formal approach is no less complex.
Replete with bright, clean hues, just about every painting includes flowers in some form, whether in printed fabrics, painted images or curving lines that twist like floral tendrils. [...] The new paintings’ use of recognizable imagery demonstrates art’s ability not to replace the world, but to encapsulate experience and make it tangible, and thus available for remembrance, reflection and reaction.— Daniel Gerwin