A collection of work by Chicago-based artist Caitlyn Doran. At a time once we are continuously inundated with distractions, Doran explores the fragmented nature of recent life and the advanced interaction between multi-tasking and targeted consideration. Her graphic drawings and mixed-media work are primarily based on digital collages however meticulously rendered by hand.
Doran was chosen to take part within the group exhibition, “30×30,” at Var Gallery & Studios in Milwaukee WI the place she was given 30 days to make 30 works. The physique of labor Doran created, “Woman Interrupted,” poses the query: “If consideration is the purest type of love, what kind does it take once we multi-task?” In different phrases, does our love develop and multiply with each new curiosity or does it really get diluted.
“I’m somebody who examines her cut up consciousness day by day to raised reply this query. Scrolling whereas strolling, posting whereas chatting, texting whereas consuming, hyperstimulation and distraction are omnipresent for a lot of at the moment. Such interruptions may be completely screenless even — a sudden thought crowding over an thought, eclipsing a realization. My 30×30 physique of labor, GIRL INTERRUPTED, takes stock of my consideration at varied moments all through the month of January 2024. Every bit displays the strain and distinction between opposite parts corresponding to, the previous vs the current, the analog vs the digital, excessive artwork vs low, monochrome vs multi-hue, moist media vs dry, and extra.”
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