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Marla Allison: Painter from the Desert
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- Marla Allison
Exhibition by this Native American artist-in-residence at
Rainmaker Gallery.
Featuring acrylic
paintings produced in Allison’s Laguna Pueblo desert studio alongside canvases painted during a 30-day artist residency in Bristol.
“As an artist from New Mexico, Marla is proud of her Laguna Pueblo identity and heritage, but also counts Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee among her influences. She combines all these elements to produce her own fresh, contemporary style.”
“I paint and create for Laguna history to be great and remembered. I paint because I was passed down a gift from my grandfathers; I
paint to continue what they started…
“My art is what lets me connect the past to my future. My paintings are based on the
contemporary, which borrows from the past. I paint so I remember where I came from. I paint so others can remember where I come
from. I paint to be remembered.”
Marla will be at The Bristol Museum & Art Gallery for one month from 10 May as Artist in Residence with Beyond
the Spectacle: Native North American Presence in Britain. This is a multi-disciplinary research project based at
the University of Kent and the University of East Anglia, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. As a
partner on this project, Rainmaker Gallery selected Marla Allison to be the first of four artists in residence across the UK.
Whilst in Bristol Marla will create works that respond to previous Native American presence in the southwest of England, as
researched by the project. At the end of her residency, she will be the keynote speaker at a one-day symposium,
Indigenous Art in Britain, at Bristol University (June 6, 9.30am-5.30pm, Department of Anthropology &
Archaeology, 43 Woodland Road). The symposium culminates with the opening reception for Marla
Allison: Painter From The Desert at the Rainmaker Gallery (6-8pm).
June 6-Aug 11, Tue-Fri 10am-6pm/Sat 10am-5pm.
For more info, visit www.rainmakerart.co.uk
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Pictured: Girl Sitting on a Chair (detail).
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