Behind the Armory, oil on board, Brady Sloane-Duncan
Sorry Image Not Available, oil on canvas, Brady Sloane-Duncan
ARTIST STATEMENT
Sloane-Duncan’s paintings explore the tensions between public and private, and question whether we can ever fully be known by another person. She investigates the strategies we as humans use to veil or mask our truest selves and the reasons why we hold back and keep parts of ourselves private, even from those closest to us. The self-portraits raise questions essential to Sloane-Duncan’s practice: How and why do we use personal embellishment to shape others’ views of ourselves? Are self-adornment and interior decor forms of expression or manipulation?
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Brady Sloane-Duncan is an oil painter based in Abilene, Texas, who uses self-portraiture to explore universal themes of contemporary existence through a deeply personal lens informed by her West Texas Plains heritage. Her involved process and conceptual practice is an act of self-reflection that affords the artist space to process life experiences and build resilience.