Gouache paintings that reinterpret the still life tradition in a highly personal register of symbols, folk and religious objects, and female saints and historical figures interwoven with dense patterning. The featured works show Abercrombie grappling with how our culture perceives women as they age and how she co-exists with her former, present, and future selves.
Trompe-l’oeil oil paintings that conjure a re-discovered lost archive of images including a garden window in Suzhou and an Audubon illustration from The Birds of America relating to the artist’s cultural background as the child of Chinese immigrants.
