Ava L. Peterson: Missionaries of Taste
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 2nd
Ava L. Peterson: Missionaries of Taste
“The surface of the image, mere appearance, is often beguiling, but it is very dangerous to believe in everything beautiful that one sees” – Anna Backman Rogers
Drawing on imagery from contemporary interior design magazines, Missionaries of Taste examines how magazines carefully curate and shape our desires. In this body of work, Ava L. Peterson combines collage with paint that seeps, bleeds, and inhabits the interior as a tool for questioning symbols of class aspiration. Peterson invites viewers to question whether the danger revealed beneath the beguiling surface is, in fact, the American Dream.
Peterson (b. 2002, OH) received a BFA in Studio Art from Denison University (‘24) and is an MFA candidate in Painting & Drawing at SAIC (’26). Notable Solo exhibitions include House & Garden (Incubator Gallery) and Clear the Kitchen Table (Bryant Arts Center), and group show In a Child’s Place (Purple Window Gallery).
Join us for the Opening Reception at 1400 N Halsted, December 12 from 5-9 PM
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