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is currently on display at Fifty/50 Gallery in Chicago. Contact
the gallery
for more info Fifty/50
Gallery.
  
In Her Own Words...Niagara
THE WORLD IS GOING CRAZY.
And "crazy" is second nature to the women in Niagara's paintings. They
have been known to be violent... they drink, smoke, sometimes indulge
in opium or absinthe...and sometimes "lunacy" for good or ill. They're
well-rounded girls, obviously.
 
UNDERSTANDING LUNACY
a. Insanity interrupted by lucid intervals
b. Insanity amounting to lack of responsibility
in the eyes of the law
c. extravagant folly
 
FACES OF LUNACY
The women's faces in the paintings are up-front and personal. Their countenances
are under-layered with a coloured damask pattern. The antique pattern
is intricate in controlled confusion...and symbolizes the Past. The history/Past
of a person influences the psychology of on-set Lunacy. Multi-coloured
dots, ovals or orbs curve & dance from their eyes or mind, in geometric
patterns. This "dot" pattern and the large wide-open eyes symbolize,
poetically, the touch of madness dancing about. They are also reminiscent
of the Moon which is thought to effect one's mental moods,
especially the Full Moon. Studies show more crazy activity around
a Full Moon than any other. The colours of the Lunacy-patterns
are chosen to "pop" & float against the background making the Idea
of Lunacy obvious & visible. The paintings are an extravagant
face-scape painting with the highest regard for colour & form.
This is the first anyone has seen of Niagara's Lunacy series. She
has a To make these pieces "in your face" she decided to have
the canvas which is painted as a continuation of the painting Now
mounting the image on the frame to show the entire piece including the
sides which are a continuation of the face of the canvas. The pieces
look as though they are jumping out at the viewer.
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