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Carla Repice: The White Problem
The Barbara Beach Gallery, Jan. 21 -31, 2020 |
exhibition catalogue
exhibition essay by Robyne Walker Murphy |
Carla Repice probes the effects of racism and dehumanization on the human psyche. She aims to expand and deepen what and how meanings of whiteness are transferred, understood and shared through the language of painting.
"We’re doing something a little different with our first CECA Visiting Artist Speaker of the semester. Carla Repice will be exhibiting her work for a two-week run in the Barbara Beach Gallery. Then, instead of hosting our usual artist lecture on creative practice, I will be in conversation with Carla regarding her body of work on display, entitled The White Problem. This will be a one-on-one conversation that is open to the public and open to public discussion.” “This work is powerful and I’m glad that we were able to partner with COOP Gallery in Nashville to be able to extend the conversation. After leaving APSU, The White Problem will be on display at the COOP Gallery during the month of February. COOP is Nashville’s longest established, artist-run project space and curatorial collective that was established in 2010.” - Michael Dickins The White Problem is a multi-faceted project by New York-based artist Carla Repice addressing the dehumanizing effects of racism on the human psyche. Carla aims to expand and deepen what and how meanings of whiteness are transferred, understood, and shared through the language of painting. Using found images online as reference, her paintings stand at a distance from the found photographs, but not to the subject matter, witnessing a complex narrative of targets, shields, divisions, violences, and other social forces shaped by Western thought. The White Problem “pulls back the curtain of white racism and the physical, psychological and spiritual violence that it breeds. We see how racism and white violence has severely corrupted the humanity of white people.” – Robyne Walker Murphy. |