Melissa Haslam

Mrz 2, 2013

Los Angeles

Australian artist Melissa Haslam is known for her meticulous painting methods and refined images of pop culture. For her current exhibition, Floating Garden, Haslam once again draws attention to constructed societal roles and an obsession with youth and perfection in a series of haunting new paintings and drawings.

In this enchanting new series, young, beautiful girls inhabit mystical garden spaces overgrown with foliage. Their hairstyles are coiffed perfectly and their outfits impeccable. The only disturbance is in their expressions, heavy with ennui and listlessness. The ambivalent female figures hint at the veiled but dangerous sexuality of Lolita. Standing amidst the flowers to which they are analogous, the girls are still in bloom.

Melissa Haslam

LeBasse Projects

March 2 – March 30, 2013
6023 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
USA

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