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Josie Tolliver ShawALLEGEDLY LUCKY CANDLE2024
2024
$14,950
£11,430.18
€13,096.01
CA$21,087.08
A$22,958.45
CHF 12,259.08
MX$277,144.48
NOK 154,118.59
SEK 143,348.22
DKK 97,820.81
About the Item
For Tolliver Shaw, the cherry became a primary motif. Growing up, a regular family destination was Door County, Wisconsin, famous for their rich cherry harvests. The fruit fused with the artist’s formative memories, and its iconography is also often linked to the feminine. Blocky, graphic letters spell out “Cherry” in the bottom corner of "Allegedly Lucky Candle," almost appearing as an old-fashioned advertisement. The Americana energy continues in this painting that features a young woman taking a selfie on her iPhone, crowned by an eagle with a banner reading “In Squad We Trust.” The right hand side of the painting features numbers pulled from a “lucky” candle purchased from Walmart. Lore, belief and potential energy mediate the casual reality of the young woman sitting cross-legged in her t-shirt and socks.
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- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 78 in (198.12 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU16817295822
Josie Tolliver Shaw
Josie Tolliver shaw paints confrontational portraits with the intention of reclaiming female sociability through my female gaze. In the history of painting, women have been depicted almost entirely by men from a physical and intellectual distance. She paints women she knows well, in environments that are products of her imagination, but reference environments that have made impressions on her. As a woman painting women close to her, Shaw's work offers a corrective by closing that distance. She uses scenic painting to create a matriarchal utopia and portray the integrity of female relationships. Harnessing her perspective as a lesbian woman and sharing that point of view with the viewer through scenic portraiture. Shaw's use of ornamentation, bright colors, and female sociability purvey an alternative narrative to the viewer, one that is rid of patriarchal standards.
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