Washington and Lee University
Reception & Lecture:
March 13, at 5:30 p.m.
In her work Stacey Davidson explores the genre of portraiture in painting and sculpture, using each method of figural representation to inform the other. Trained as a painter, she decided to pursue sculpture in order to make three-dimensional doll forms that would serve as malleable subjects. From the wigs to the costumes, her cast of characters is meticulously handcrafted. In Davidson's paintings each doll takes on a life of its own, each imbued with a very specific personality. Simultaneously lifelike and artificial, the dolls and their painted portraits reflect the complexity of human emotion. Davidson is a professor of painting at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and she is represented by Marlborough Gallery in New York City, New York.
Exhibits made possible by the generous support of the William Hollis Visiting Artist Fund.