Emily Weiner
In my paintings, I have been remixing symbols from the past and
present, connecting visual threads that run from antiquity and the
Italian Renaissance to craft traditions—to archetypes in folklore,
theater, dreams, and nature. My work aims to consider Western
imagery through a feminist lens. It opposes the idea that progress
in history is a straight arrow, but sees it rather as a winding
timeline that overlaps, loops, often omits, and repeats.
I wonder, how are representational images shaped, shared, and
translated? How do they travel between or outside epochs? What
are the narratives that dominate our stories, and how are they
reinforced?
Technically, my paintings—usually oil on linen, set in ceramic
frames—rely on intuition, time, and layers of paint.
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