FRACTURED FAIRYTALES AND MACERATED MYTHS
Form + Content Gallery presents Fractured Fairytales and Macerated Myths: A solo exhibition of new paintings by Patricia Olson, interpreting some old stories through a contemporary sensibility (with apologies to Rocky and Bullwinkle).
In these large oil paintings, Olson presents a contemporary take on mythic characters including the Nordic trickster Loki and Hestia, the Greek goddess of the hearth. The European fairytale tradition is investigated through a modern sensibility depicting a fairy godmother and a re-imaging of the Rose Red and Snow White story.
Artist's Biography
Patricia Olson was born in south Minneapolis, and earned a B.A. in studio art at Macalester College in St. Paul, where she studied with painter Jerry Rudquist. She received an M.F.A. in Visual Studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She is a founding member of WARM, the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota.
Recent exhibitions include A Body of Work: A Retrospective Look at Patricia Olson's Art at the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery at St. Catherine University, St. Paul (2019). She currently has work in What is Feminist Art?, a national exhibition of responses to that question from 1977 and 2019, at the Archives of American Art’s Fleischman Gallery, Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in Washington, D.C.
Olson is a Professor Emerita at St. Catherine University, having taught in the Department of Art and Art History since 1997. She also held the Sister Mona Riley Endowed Professorship in the Humanities there from 2008 - 2011. She currently teaches and directs the Women’s Art Institute, a summer intensive course for advanced women artists. In 2009, she was honored as a Changemaker with Elizabeth Erickson by the Minnesota Women's Press for their work with the Women's Art Institute.
March 5 - July 18, 2020
Closed: March 19 - June 13, 2020
Reopening June 18 per COVID 19 protocols Email formandcontent@gmail.com to reserve a gallery visit appointment.
Opening reception: Saturday, March 7, 6:00-8:30 PM
Online Artist Talk: Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 7:00 pm CDT via Zoom.
A "tour" of the exhibition by the artist will include questions and answers. The talk will be about one hour long.
To sign up for the Virtual Artist's Talk and receive an invitation link, please email formandcontent@gmail.com
by 12 noon on July 9.
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