Ally Cotton: Gentle Giants
Oct 29 - Dec 12 2026
- 32 days left
Gentle Giants presents the work of Ally Cotton, whose paintings are suffused with smooth, curvilinear planes and warm tones. The solo exhibition is on view through December 12 at VillageOneArt. Provocative yet ambivalent, elements in Cotton’s works merge figuration with abstraction, implying the presence of the feminine body without overly emphasizing figuration in these compositions. Cotton creates sumptuous yet unsettling tableaux of imagery evincing an adroit approach to capturing light and line in her artistic practice. Curves and layers seem to hover, extending outward from the picture plane to entice the viewer to imagine these surrealistic visions as part of their inner world. The artist’s incredible brushwork seems to dissolve surfaces in order to create unified, undulating surfaces able to approximate dreamworlds, natural environments and even fast food.
