Mays Mayhew: Doppelganger
@ SXU Gallery
3700 W 103rd St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Wednesday, September 12th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Tuesday, September 18th
SXU Gallery is proud to host a fresh new exhibition by Mays Mayhew that explore different doppelganger forms.
The works of visual artist Mays Mayhew will be displayed Aug. 27th to Sept. 18th at St. Xavier University’s SXU Gallery, located in the Warde Academic Center, 3700 W. 103rd, Chicago, IL 60655.
Mayhew will give a lecture about the exhibit, titled, “Doppelganger”, Sept. 12th, Weds., at 3:30pm. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday.
Mayhew said the exhibit is an examination of the different forms a doppelganger takes, double-mindedness, narcissism, spiritualism, introspection, and fearfulness.
“Sometimes the image portrays a doppelganger as the same person, others a twin. I’m attracted to the visual rhythm of unobtrusive dialogue the repeated figure creates,” Mayhew said. “Using pencil on paper, my approach is as simple as my tools. I use the grayscale of graphite to keep the image open-ended for the viewer to mirror, creating a new tangible doppelganger. Ultimately, my art is to create provocative images about the human condition, beautifully.”
Born and raised on a farm in Wisconsin, Mayhew currently resides in Aurora (west of Chicago, IL) with her husband and two small children. She studied studio arts at UW – Madison, WI, Rhode Island School of Design, and Italy. She has had over 50 exhibitions in 20 years, most notably, Pulse Contemporary Art Fair during Art Basel, Miami.
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