Artist: Gale Hart
Title: Forced to Wear Make-up
Medium: Acrylic and Pencil
Size: 41" X 71"
Date: 2009
About the Artist: "A childhood fascination with creating objects out of nuts, bolts, scrap metal and wood evolved into an intensely energetic creative drive. Gale Hart began her
career with an enduring passion to compile components into a whole. From
monumental canvases to meticulous graphite drawings, Hart's repertoire of visual
images grabs, engages and speaks volumes about universal humanity." - From Gale Hart's website
Artist Statement: "The paintings initiate a visceral discourse with the viewer - the viewer is intrigued and pulled into the narrative of the subject matter. Hart implements the use of
rhythmic geometric elements as a means of visual navigation. This technique of
unification formalizes the composition and mitigates visual and emotional agitation.
Color as a void saturates the background of the paintings against which the intense
hues of the figures emanate to elicit tension. Awkward color combinations distort
and disarm the eye, yet concurrently assist in the comprehension of the work." - From Gale Hart's website
About the Work, etc.: Hart's work against animal cruelty mainly focuses on the forcing of animals to be test subjects for products and experiments. This work, Forced To Wear Makeup puts into focus the fact that these animals don't have a choice in the matter- they are essentially held at gunpoint as depicted, and made to endure heinous actions. Though her work is so simple, you feel a great sense of tension between the two subjects in the image, helping the viewer feel the anxiety of the animals in her work.
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