Details:

This painting of an empty dormitory evokes the acute emotional experience of a student left alone over winter break, capturing an underlying sense of desolation that inhabits our social spaces.
Framed: 24.0 x 30.0 x 1.5 in.
Signed
This work is in an artist's frame, which is a part of the work itself.

① Artwork:

Clapp Library, Wellesley College

This painting of an empty dormitory evokes the acute emotional experience of a student left alone over winter break. Talmadge's work explores an underlying sense of desolation in our social spaces that is frequently swept into the dark corners of American history. This painting is part of a series exploring the Seven Sisters, an elite group of women's liberal arts colleges on the East Coast of the United States. Talmadge's use of pointillism in these works mirrors the antiquated and exacting style of the dorm's brutalist architecture.

Specs:

30 inches
24 inches
1.5 inches
24 inches
with frame
30 inches
24 inches
1.5 inches
24 inches

③ Artist:

Cynthia Talmadge

Cynthia Talmadge’s desolate images explore her fascination with heightened emotional states. Her painting, photography and installations depict subjects drawn from the dark side of Americana, including empty dorm rooms and funeral homes. She also designs elaborate interior environments for her work.

BIO:

Cynthia Talmadge was born in 1989 in New York City. She holds a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Solo exhibitions of her work include: Seven Sisters at Carl Kostyal in Milan, Italy; Four Courtroom Outfits of Anna Delvey at Soft Opening in London, UK; 1076 Madison at 56 Henry in New York City; As the World Turns at Halsey McKay Gallery in New York City; and Leaves Of Absence at 56 Henry in New York City; among others.

Group exhibitions that have shown her work include: Art on the Grid at Public Art Fund in New York City; A group of more or less than 10 at Winter Street Gallery in Edgartown, Massachusetts; Labyrinth of Solitude at 56 HENRY in New York City; Hollywood Babylon: A Re-Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome at Deitch in Los Angeles, California; and Still Looking: A Still Life Show at Artual Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon; among others.

Her work has been written about in numerous publications, including: Art in America Magazine; The New York Times; The New Yorker; Artforum; Cultured Magazine; and HyperAllergic; among others.

Talmadge lives and works in New York City.

Cynthia Talmadge:
Clapp Library, Wellesley College, 2021
Oil on canvas
24.0 × 30.0 inches /
Cynthia Talmadge:
Clapp Library, Wellesley College, 2021
Oil on canvas
24.0 × 30.0 × 1.5 inches /
cynthia talmadge clapp library wellesley college

This painting of an empty dormitory evokes the acute emotional experience of a student left alone over winter break, capturing an underlying sense of desolation that inhabits our social spaces.More

  • Framed: 24.0 x 30.0 x 1.5 in.
  • Signed
  • This work is in an artist's frame, which is a part of the work itself.
Offered in July 2021
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