Laurie Hogin Folklore

On exhibit through May 25th

 
 
 
 

Tory Folliard Gallery is pleased to present Laurie Hogin: Folklore, an exhibition of provocative paintings that explore themes of nature, consumerism, and human-animal relationships. Her use of vivid colors and meticulous attention to detail creates visually arresting compositions that invite viewers to delve deeper into the layers of meaning within each piece.

Born in Chicago, Hogin received a BFA, from Cornell University and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Throughout her career, Hogin has exhibited her work internationally and has received numerous awards for her contributions to contemporary art.  Her paintings continue to captivate audiences with their imaginative imagery and thought-provoking themes, solidifying her place as a prominent figure in the contemporary art world.

Her paintings are in the collections of Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, Federal Reserve Bank, Detroit, MI, New York Public Library NY, NY, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA, Sandoz Corporation, Chicago, IL, among others.

 
 
 
 

THE EVOLUTION OF PREY SPECIES (ALLEGORY OF ADAPTATION) Oil on Canvas with Artist Made Frame, 36 1/4 x 48” (Image), 38 x 50” (Framed)

 

My work of the past 35 years has consisted primarily of allegorical paintings, many garishly framed, of mutant plants and freakish animals in languishing, overgrown landscape settings or posed as though for classical still life or portraiture.

-Laurie Hogin

 
 

THE STORY OF OXIDE (AMERICAN GLAMOUR) Oil on Panel with Artist Made Live-Rust Frame, 13 1/4 x 10” (Image), 21 1/2 x 18” (Framed)

Though I never depict human figures, there are hidden humans in my work (including imagined occupants of the installation spaces). Sometimes, my animals are human stand-ins: species are chosen for their allegorical associations and behavioral analogs in humans, depicted as degraded, mutant, or slightly humanoid.

-Laurie Hogin

 
 

SONG OF HOME (UNCANNY STILL LIFE TRIPTYCH) # 1 EVERYTHING’S DIFFERENT Oil on Panel with Artist Made Frame, 7 1/4 x 7 1/2” (Image), 11 x 11 1/4” (Framed)

 
 
 

FIRE STARTERS (FANATIC) Oil on Panel, 4 1/2 x 3 3/4”

 

Other narrative elements and subjects represent aspects of human behavior that have caused our species to fundamentally alter our planetary conditions—ironically, a uniquely human thing—because we are, and behave like, animals, but don’t like to admit it since doing so might oblige acknowledgment of our kinship and interdependence.

-Laurie Hogin

 
 

HABITAT DIORAMA WITH PYROMANIAC SPECIES Oil on Canvas, 48 x 76”

 

My color palette has acquired the Day-Glo intensity of contemporary media landscapes; I revel in its visuality and vulgar seductiveness as much as cast a critical eye.  My animals remain allegories of culture as much as avatars of my own psyche, whose expressions engage with the emotionality of daily fears joys, pleasures, desires and outrages, and whose furs and skins are both tactile and toxic.

-Laurie Hogin