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o Artist: Katie Clark Gabbard

o Title: First Picnic

o Year: 2023

o Medium: Acrylic

o Dimensions: 65 x 65 inches

o Description: My work is never shy, never small, and never self-conscious. From my studio space in a quiet Ohio, downtown, I create jumbo canvas paintings that are cut into surprising shapes like sweaters, fringy boots, and meandering 12-ft long charm bracelets. I aim for my work to seed questions about how society allows physical objects--like clothing and other products--to so greatly mold personal identity. My finished work is seldom square and, because of a "super secret ingredient" I include in my pigment recipe, the canvases remain extremely flexible. This allows for pieces to be displayed in various styles of rumbled, pleated, and otherwise heaped. Work is attached to the wall using large, intriguing push-pins that I forge in the studio. This particular piece is from the "Picnic Pleasures" series which explores the ways we become less inhibited, more magic-eyed, and more open to love when there is a backdrop of nostalgic ideals and romanticized objects surrounding us.

o Artist website or Instagram: @katie_clark_gabbard