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- Head #10 (2015)
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- Untitled (Double Torso I) (2016)
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- Head #10 (reverse) (2015)
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- Untitled (Prop II) (2016)
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- Untitled (Prop I) (2016)
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- Torso I (2016)
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- Untitled (2016)
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- Legs II (2015)
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- Torso II (2016)
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- Untitled (Feet) (2015)
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- Untitled (Kneeling) (2015)
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- Legs (2014)
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Artist’s Statement
My work explores the body and repetitive gesture. With a limited palette and an economy of line, I paint, draw and cut fragmented forms of the figure. I am documenting essential, universal motions and human behaviors, simplified and stripped down.
Amy Pleasant, www.amypleasant.com, received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the Tyler School of Art. Represented by Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY and whitespace gallery, Atlanta, GA, her work has been shown at venues such as Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Atlanta Contemporary, Cuevas Tilleard Projects, National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the U.S. Embassy, Prague, Czech Republic. Her work has been reviewed in Sculpture, The Brooklyn Rail, Art in America, and artforum.com, among others. Pleasant was named a recipient of the 2015 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Award.