BARBARA RACHKO: PASTEL PAINTINGSPhone: (212) 643-6293 |
 Sometimes He Still Tried to Restrain Her Pastel on Sandpaper 58" x 38" |
 She Embraced It and Grew Stronger Pastel on Sandpaper 58" x 38" |
 Scene Sixteen: Living Room Pastel on Sandpaper 26" x 20" |
 Scene Fifteen: Living Room Pastel on Sandpaper 26" x 20" |
 Truth Betrayed by Innocence Pastel on Sandpaper 58" x 38" |
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Roanoke College, Salem, VA; LaMaMa La Galleria, New York, NY; KL Fine Arts, Highland Park, IL; Broadway Windows, New YorK, NY; Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington GROUP EXHIBITIONS: (Selected)
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The "DOMESTIC THREATS" series of pastel paintings (on sandpaper) and photographs uses cultural objects, Mexican masks, carved wooden animals, papier mâché figures, and childrens' toys in a lively blend of reality and fantasy. I use these objects not only as surrogates for human actors, but as potent symbols: an amalgam of childhood memories, half-forgotten dreams, and images encountered in magic realist literature, Meso-American mythology, trips to central and southern Mexico, and films (especially those by Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles, and classic science fiction movies from the 50's and 60's). The imagery comes out of my own experience and although very personal, is rich in universal associations. |
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