Artist Talk at Equity Gallery
Lauren Comito will be participating in an Artist Talk at Equity Gallery with John O'Connor and Peter Schenck, On Saturday September 21, from 3-5 pm.
This talk is in conjunction with the three-person exhibition titled 'Gritty Rituals', which runs through September 28, 2024.
Gritty Rituals is an exhibition that joins three artists: Lauren Comito, John O’Connor, and Peter Schenck. Each artist brings an almost religious reverence to their imagery, but their laser focus is aimed squarely at distinctively secular iconography: the human figure, post-consumer waste, advertisements, art history and text-based narratives that reflect life’s absurdity. Rich color, compositional density, repetition of personal symbols, and mix of high and low culture can all be found in their work. Monk-like in their devotion to their craft and imagery, each artist toils not for the lofty goal of a heavenly afterlife, but to embody and redirect the gritty aspects of the modern world’s physical and visual assault on ourselves.
