{"id":8275,"date":"2019-07-27T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8275"},"modified":"2019-07-19T06:49:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T10:49:22","slug":"amy-bennett-at-miles-mcenery-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/27\/amy-bennett-at-miles-mcenery-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Bennett at Miles McEnery Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amy Bennett\u2019s meticulously rendered oil on panel paintings catalogue disfunction in the suburbs, from a distant couple in \u2018Anniversary\u2019 sitting on two different sides of a wrap-around porch to the deeply sad images of kids in \u2018Drills\u2019 who practice hiding in school. \u00a0Privy to moments that are both tense and personal for each painting\u2019s isolated characters, our remove from them (sometimes aided by a bird\u2019s eye perspective) adds alienation and intrigue.\u00a0 Here, \u2018Floating Lessons\u2019 parallels and seem to prefigure another of the show\u2019s best and most alarming images in which a body (alive?) floats in an above-ground pool.\u00a0 Bennett\u2019s disturbing but fascinating vision stops viewers from conflating comfortable surroundings with happiness or family life with security. (On view through August 16th<\/sup> at Miles McEnery Gallery<\/a> in Chelsea.)<\/p>\n

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Amy Bennett, Floating Lessons, oil on panel, 22 x 22 inches, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amy Bennett\u2019s meticulously rendered oil on panel paintings catalogue disfunction in the suburbs, from a distant couple in \u2018Anniversary\u2019 sitting on two different sides of a wrap-around porch to the deeply sad images of kids in \u2018Drills\u2019 who practice hiding in school. \u00a0Privy to moments that are both tense and personal for each painting\u2019s isolated … <\/p>\n

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