Samantha Wall

Foreign Body

August 6 – 29, 2020

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Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 1

Foreign Body 1

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 2

Foreign Body 2

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 3

Foreign Body 3

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 4

Foreign Body 4

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 5

Foreign Body 5

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 6

Foreign Body 6

2020

ink on paper

23.5 x 17.5 inches framed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 7

Foreign Body 7

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 8

Foreign Body 8

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 9

Foreign Body 9

2020

ink on paper

23.5 x 17.5 inches framed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 10

Foreign Body 10

2020

ink on paper

23.5 x 17.5 inches framed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 11

Foreign Body 11

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 12

Foreign Body 12

2020

ink on paper

23.5 x 17.5 inches framed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 13

Foreign Body 13

2020

ink on paper

23.5 x 17.5 inches framed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 14

Foreign Body 14

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 15

Foreign Body 15

2020

ink on paper

23.5 x 17.5 inches framed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 16

Foreign Body 16

2020

ink on paper

23.5 x 17.5 inches framed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 17

Foreign Body 17

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 18

Foreign Body 18

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 19

Foreign Body 19

2020

ink on paper

23.5 x 17.5 inches framed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 20

Foreign Body 20

2020

ink on paper

23.5 x 17.5 inches framed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 21

Foreign Body 21

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 22

Foreign Body 22

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 23

Foreign Body 23

2020

ink on paper

20.75 x 15 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Foreign Body 24

Foreign Body 24

2020

ink on paper

23.5 x 17.5 inches framed

Samantha Wall - Every Day (6/20/20)

Every Day (6/20/20)

2020

ink on dura-lar

12.5 x 10 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Every Day (6/21/20)

Every Day (6/21/20)

2020

ink on dura-lar

12.5 x 10 inches unframed

Samantha Wall - Every Day (6/29/20)

Every Day (6/29/20)

2020

ink on dura-lar

12.5 x 10 inches unframed

Press Release

Russo Lee Gallery is pleased present Foreign Body by Samantha Wall. This exhibition is a collection of ink on paper self-portraits. They were made to bridge the gap between a pre-COVID-19 understanding and sense of self, and the current state of being. During a time of isolation, self-confinement and an internalized racism surrounding the virus, the artist experienced a redefinition of her role and place in society. The risk of potential illness magnified alienation with a body she had come to understand, but the mirror required for self portrait work felt as much a look back as one forward. These portraits became tools to identify how current events have transformed a sense of self.

 

Samantha Wall: Foreign Body is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council