Sunday, March 4, 2012

"Hashtag Life" - New Works by Kamilah Gill


Kamilah Gill opened a solo show of her work at Dewclaw. We're excited to have her as our first guest artist in the space.  "Hashtag Life" is a collection of her paintings, where she uses an online search process to find and build her imagery.

"I've been trying to organize the information that I've been gathering for years. I keep many pages of notes about all kinds of things that I select at random. My art is a byproduct of this massive attempt to organize my thoughts. The internet is a central source for my collection of images and information. I use the related search suggestions from search engines and random image selectors to choose subjects for my paintings. I search Twitter for phrases and images from people around the world. I try to save little fragments from the endless flow of words and pictures and put them on display for further contemplation."
-Kamilah Gill 2012

Here are more installation shots of the show.


And here is her wonderful drawing from the opening.