GENTLY SEEPING Margaret Ash Cheatham
GENTLY SEEPING
APRIL 15 - JULY 15, 2022
MARGARET ASH CHEATHAM, Mrs. Clean (2021), Giclee Archival Cotton Rag, 20 × 30 × 1 in.
EXHIBITION
Dab Art Co. is pleased to present GENTLY SEEPING, a solo exhibition of works by Ash Margaret Cheatham. View the online exclusive GENTLY SEEPING in its entirety on our collectors platform ARTSY (APR 15 - JUL 15, 2022).
Focusing on subject matters hidden in plain site, Ash’s goal is bring a new and often uncomfortable perspective3 to social issues commonly ignored or concealed. A common element in this series is the gas mask; portrayed without it’s filter, it’s a comment on the relentless bare minimum mindset of society.
Drawing from everyday examples such as visiting a beauty salon then having a cigarette, ordering a Big Mac meal with Diet Coke or getting behind the wheel drunk while buckling the seatbelt. Ash also addresses COVID, portraying how the pandemic only exacerbated the delusions of those already living in mental mediocrity.
The eight photos featured in GENTLY SWEEPING is impeccably timed and executed. The controversial subject matter is depicted in a colorful and dramatic fashion, this beguiled collection is perhaps Ash’s most pinnacle work to date.
Ash was born in the Metro Detroit area in1985. Which makes her unquestionably a Millennial. She was relentlessly nurtured by technology as it exploded during her formative adolescent years, and became fixated by the complexities of human nature in the information age. In her current concepts, Ash illustrates how technology advancements have changed the way people interact with one another and themselves. She ideates that as technology advances, humans as a whole have become less attached to nature. Her work brings a new and often uncomfortable perspective to social issues that are commonly ignored or concealed. Ash challenges viewers by forcing conflicting and reflective feelings sunk deep within themselves to the surface. Her aim is to increase an awareness to the viewer that people are much more complex than they would like to admit.
Ash lives and works in Houston, TX. Working with both film and digital photography, and has been practicing the art form since 2001.
Private viewing rooms, artwork details and and collector acquisitions are available on ARTSY.
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