Walker Percy's 1971 novel "Love in the Ruins: The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World" is one the many Southern literary influences absorbed by painter Emily Sartor. In a recent solo exhibition at Massimo Audiello gallery, overgrown landscapes invaded by human neglect, kudzu and water conjure the fictitious subdivision of Paradise Estates.
Depicting bricks spilling over into woody bayou, Sartor's energetic lines and vividly painted surfaces give form to human spirit. Surreal vessels of memory and place, these are dislocated leafy terrains. Reminders of the physical and political flux of any modern domestic territory, the automobiles and decorative wallpapers in these pictures are broken open into chaos.
Based in New York, Emily Sartor (b. 1975, Monroe LA) was educated at
Louisiana Tech and Pratt Institute.
Posted by Laura Blereau
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