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    Scooter LaForge Unpacks Hansel and Gretel

    Christopher Harrity

    Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
    Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
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    Beef Jerky (read more below)

    Silo6776 Artist Residency and Exhibition Space in collaboration with Kates-Ferri Projects presents "Beef Jerky" solo exhibition by contemporary artist Scooter LaForge curated by Natalie Kates-Ferri on view and by appointment, now through December 6, 2020 in New Hope, Penn.

    Artist/Exhibition Statement: "Once upon a time is now! Walking through the gardens of Silo6776, I came across flowers and wild animals. I felt like painting what I saw.

    "Deer, rabbits, squirrels, wildflowers -- all my favorites -- ignited a personal narrative. I looked for my old copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales. I parted its pages and came across "Hansel and Gretel". Rife with famine, darkness, anddeath, the story's themes unconsciously led to the title "Beef Jerky". I impulsively worked on painting both canvases and objects. Among the feelings that bubbled to the surface, I felt compassion toward the witch holding Hansel and Gretel hostage -- she is blind, after all. In response I painted Saint Lucy, protector of eyes, to give her vision and light. The imagery of the story was referenced and abstracted through the work. Hansel locked in a cage seemed to resonate with today's political climate. Our country can look like a house made of candy, but is it really? The dark side belies the facade. Fairy tales signify highs and lows of life -- magical twists and turns can be seen as intuition's role in providing solutions."

    Photography: Ethan Minsker

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