
Thoughts Before Sleeping:
New work by Amy Kligman.
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri.
June, 2010.
This body of work, including paintings and a paper installation, is typical of Kligman's visual vocabulary; young girls, floral patterns, rainbows, and balloons, and an everpresent oilslick-like blackness that leaks into otherwise safe and lovely environments. Amy's work is a psychological study, observing people and patterns in their nature; their dreams, their mistakes. Themes include social anxiety and awkwardness, strength found in strange places, and the mundane details that become the background for all of life's psychodramas.
There’s Always an Ass at the Party, acrylic on canvas, 12“ x 12”
Before and After, acrylic on canvas, 16“ x 20”
Carry On, acrylic on panel, 22“ x 30”
Get Comfortable, acrylic on panel, 9“ x 12"
Gingerbread House, acrylic on canvas, 36” x 48”
Girl Disappearing, acrylic on canvas, 16“ x 20”
Oasis, acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”
Please and Thank You and You’re Welcome, acrylic on canvas, 24" x36"
All Talk, acrylic on canvas, 12” x 12”
The Overwhelm, acrylic on canvas, 12“ x 24"
Bunnyhop, acrylic on canvas, 20“ x 24"
The Twins, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 36"
To Safety, acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"
Thoughts Before Sleeping, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"
Blurbs, mixed media installation, dimensions variable
Cake Eaters, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"