Itch | Christopher Sorenson, Llane Alexis, Jesse Nagamatsu

Itch | Christopher Sorenson, Llane Alexis, Jesse Nagamatsu

Group exhibition exploring the human condition with a percentage of proceeds going to support Kill Kancer and Minnesota AIDS Project

ITCH considers seeing versus looking, connection versus isolation.  Presented together, each work ponders the powers of human trust and the journey towards a true heart.  As a multi artist exhibition, ITCH explores the human condition at the soul level, pushing us to locate the common truths hidden so overtly within the lines of our faces.
 

About the Artists
Minnesota-based artist Christopher Sorenson’s intuitive portraits of disease guide us through the terror of physical, and emotional pain.  Moving beyond the chaos that can affect each one of us, we find triumph in the ever-healing body.  An image of illness, putrid and horrifying, is made beautiful by transforming the dis-ease of energetic crisis.  Inspired by first-hand testimonies of those willing to share, these Tarot-like paintings call out the specters of our own revival.

Rebirth requires medicine, burnt sage, clean linens, the elements of comfort that soften the passageways of agony.  For ITCH, the San Francisco-based Cuban artist Llane Alexis Dominguez has created  healing dolls, loving totems—shields, the stuff we hold on to when we are afraid of the dark.  Through the application of traditional textile methods to contemporary design, Llane offers uncanny objects stitched by hand.

Socially, it seems that the way in which we perform the stories of our lives often betray true feelings and honest connection.  MCAD alumni Jesse Nagamatsu captures intimacy through photorealistic portraits of friends and strangers pulled from the internet.  Nagamatsu’s modern approach to classical drawing communicates youth in all its power and fragility.  His faces are placid, deep, suspicious as a lake—centering the entire exhibition in the human experience.

 

For a Great Cause
City Wide Artists is proud to contribute a percentage of proceeds to the local charity Kill Kancer.  We love Mary Beth Mueller and enjoy using art to help her continue the important work of education and prevention.   Knowing the needs of his community, Christopher Sorenson also stepped up to the challenge, and will be donating a percentage of his earnings to the Minnesota AIDS Project.  MAP is one of Minnesota’s most cherished organizations—literally saving lives through education, prevention as well as economic and healthcare assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS.  CWA is honored to partner with these artists to make a difference in our community.


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