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Leigh Wells

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Possible Histories

2007, collage, 9 x 6"




2007, collage, 12 x 9"
Posted by leighwells at 11:03 AM
Labels: collage, found paper
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Leigh Wells is engaged in an ongoing drawing dialogue with complexity and the unknowable, with an interest in attempts by science, religion and history to address these themes. While abstract in nature, the works reference social phenomenon, extreme religious beliefs, scientific theories, and other accepted bodies of knowledge.

Combining collage and mixed-media with an emphasis on drawing, her work attempts to challenge, in its way, simplistic worldviews that contrast with the overwhelmingly complex and unknowable nature of reality. In works that interact with found historical, cultural or religious materials, she questions, using her own systems, the presumed points of view contained in these objects.

Leigh's work was presented in a one person show at Gallery 16 in San Francisco in June 2008, appeared in the September 2008 issue of Harper's magazine, and is included in the Viewing Program at The Drawing Center in New York, and the flat files at Pierogi in Brooklyn.

Leigh Wells was born in Oakland, California and holds a BFA from University of San Francisco. She has studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and Parsons/New School in New York.

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