SIMA SCHLOSS & LIZZY ALEJANDRO

Transfiguration

Opening: March 25th, 6-7 pm
Artist Talk: April 9th at 6:00 pm

View in Person by Appointment Only

Transfiguration, on view from 3/25- 4/25 at Empty Set Gallery is a collaborative exhibition between Sima Schloss and Lizzy Alejandro. The show is a follow-up to their 2020 exhibition, Amalgamation, in which both artists exhibited works that represented a fusion of their two mediums.
Schloss and Alejandro explore the transformative properties of paint, collage, and photography in Transfiguration, as they blur the boundaries between each medium. Schloss rips and layers pieces of Alejandro's photographs. Adding heavily drawn lines over them, Schloss seeks to investigate Alejandro's subconscious. Alejandro removes parts of Sima's portraits, inserting the missing parts - utilizing elements to represent fantasy seeping into reality and with it investigate the female emotional experience.

Although the artists set out to integrate their contributions to each piece in a manner that would remain unobtrusive, their distinctive styles complement each other rather than merge together. Transfiguration is the final result of an emotional fusion of Alejandro's self-portraits and Schloss’s collages. The work showcases Schloss and Alejandro's hybrid language, and the work resides in a liminal space between photography, painting, and collage; remixed and built from fragments of their personal experience.
Transfiguration seeks to explore the connection between both media and the psyche of female artists. This two-artist show is the outcome of an ongoing analysis into materiality and the emotional states of the artists - conveying an interpretation of the lived experience through aesthetic elements.