I love this artist named Rebecca Morgan. Her work is some of the freshest and more poignant work in painting/drawing I have seen in a long time. There is so much here...she critiques so many dimensions and expresses them in an incredibly beautiful, talented hand. Currently, I believe she is represented by Asya Geisberg, an old schoolmate of mine.
What I see foremost is her incredibly interesting portrayal of femininity. She does it in a visceral way that seems uncanny and not hackneyed like so many feminist artists of the past. There is a mixture of comedy, horror and beauty that seems to yearn for resolutions between the contrived urban world, and the sublimely Utopian world of nature. Of course, woman in a traditional sense is nature and ancient myths conveyed this through elaborate symbol systems.
I think many artists can relate to this symbology, regardless of their gender. The detachment and ennui felt while living in New York City and pursuing an art "career" are daunting and relentless. I think too that the place of the feminine in this world has become detached from itself, ironically through years of trying to achieve liberation. Perhaps there is an unconscious yearning to go back to some perceived ideal? Perhaps too Rebecca masterfully portrays the odd inability of such ideals, as they can only exist conceptually.
