Uncanny Exhibition

Amanda Blanchard, October 2024, Brown Gallery

It’s difficult to explain the drive to recreate the world around us. Do we want the image to be an exact representation of a loved one, or do we have a desire to see only the love in their eyes? Each work has been involved in a conversation or a few fights. There is no reason to take the easy path. Some paper is temperamental, some media was unfamiliar. Challenge is my motivation. It’s almost real, but something feels off…