Quaintrelle by Eugenia Pardue is the AMA’s first collaboration with the Portland-based artist. Pardue breaks the plane of two dimensions by sculpting on canvas. She uses an abundance of meticulously hand-fashioned paint to create unapologetically feminine pieces, full of romance and modern nostalgia.
Her ethereal, white-on-white work is opulent and one-of-a-kind, luscious in form and subject. She describes her artistic vision and world as “filled with passion, curiosity, and beauty.”
As a part of our on-going commitment to support working artists, our Traveling Exhibit program features select collections that have been previously shown at the Arlington Museum of Art. In partnership with the artists themselves, the AMA makes these collections available to museums and exhibition venues throughout the country. Each collection can be scaled to fit a variety of spaces. Please contact Kendall Quirk at kendall@arlingtonmuseum.org for more information about our traveling exhibit program and how to book this collection.
Eugenia Pardue, Fetish #1
Hand sculpted acrylic on panel
12 x 12 x 1 in
Eugenia Pardue, Golden #12
Hand sculpted acrylic polymer on panel
10 x 10 in
Eugenia Pardue, Golden #41
Hand sculpted acrylic polymer on panel
30 x 30 in
Pardue earned a BFA degree in painting from Florida International University and an MFA from Clemson University. Among her artistic influences she is especially indebted to the pantheon of women artists who have given her profound aesthetic sustenance: Louise Nevelson, Agnes Martin, Bridget Riley, Lynda Benglis, and Kiki Smith among them. One also finds a nod to Georgia O’Keeffe in her sensual treatment of botanical imagery. Pardue is deeply invested in what she calls “feminizing the square,” subverting the Golden Mean and the stereotypical masculinity of associated with rectilinear geometry, with the supple curvilinearity we associate with the feminine. She also rejects the precious smoothness of the digital realm for the delicious chaos of nature.
Learn more about the artist by visiting her website.
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