Amy Kligman’s first solo show at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, “Offerings”, presents a series of recent paintings that continue the artist’s ongoing interest in cycles and seasons, milestones and ritual.
“ How do we mark time, what do we celebrate? Why do certain gestures – like lighting a candle, seem to give importance to a moment? Many of these traditions are residual echoes from practices that were obscured and absorbed into patriarchal monotheistic religions to create palatable vehicles for control and power. While I personally do not cosign the dogma associated with these religions, I do recognize the power they hold and the impact the ritual and beauty have on people. I believe the impact of that ritual and beauty can exist in a space without dogma, without narratives of Gods and Monsters. These paintings are meditations in that space, offerings of intent and reflection.”
-Amy Kligman
She is now the current director of the Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.
