Jack Art Gallery is proud to welcome Leslie Barlow to our portfolio.
Leslie's artwork is made up of large-scale figurative oil paintings. She is in the process of experimenting with creating smaller works that reflect the same attitude and passion of her larger pieces.
Her current body of work investigates the obsession with sexualization and attractiveness in American culture, and how this influences gender roles and stereotypes. There is ambiguity and tension in her paintings, and this in junction with her bold, colorful painting style begs the viewer to be drawn into the work. Leslie intend the viewer to see the relationships of the figures in her paintings and to compose a narrative that suggests isolation, wonder and confusion, and sexuality. From this, inevitably the audience’s own insecurities and knowledge about gender roles and society will surface when confronted with her work. She takes a lot of influences from pop-culture, art history, relationships, and other related sources. Overall, the conversations and narratives that can be drawn from her paintings are definitely her favorite part about being an artist.
Leslie lives in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has a studio space that she works in at The Fallout artist co-op and she is the PR and Strategic Communications intern at The Soap Factory contemporary art gallery, both of which are also located in Minneapolis.
Check out her work!
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