The Mind Is a Fertile Field

 

AUBREE DALE
September 22 - October 16, 2023


 
 

 

The Mind Is A Fertile Field is a creative pursuit examining large group dynamics and commodity culture in the domestic sphere. Themes of entitlement, predatory behaviors, and sunk cost fallacy, take shape in a fake MLM  presented through a series of performances, sculpture and installation, all while impressing my own desire for more circular economies.

Through a lens of humor, I am navigating a bit of hostility towards entities and individuals who continue to take advantage of vulnerable populations with empty promises of entrepreneurship and wealth. Business models based on recruitment principles that often lean cultish. “Party Culture” is a prominent selling tactic for direct sales representatives. It felt natural to extend the pipeline by hawking party supplies, something that associates will need for their other businesses to succeed. Most party supplies are single use so you will always need more and always be creating unnecessary waste.

I take a maximalist approach to painting as a means of preliminary world building to document medleys of memory, wish, and hang-ups. Oil paintings depicting figures surrounded by luxury goods are supplemented with sculpture and installation made from homemade bioplastics, silks and steel. Performance pieces based on aggressive recruiting tactics further entangle storylines with entitlement, social hierarchies and desperation.”

 
 
 
 

ABout the Artist

Aubree Dale is a Fort Worth, TX based multi-disciplinary artist. Solo and group exhibitions include locations throughout Texas including the The Fort Worth Art Center, the 2nd Floor Gallery at Austin Public Library, Black Lagoon Gallery, and Cloud Tree Gallery. In 2010, she earned a BFA in Painting and Drawing from The University of North Texas and studied Architectural & Ornamental Welding at ACC.

“My interests live in exploration of absurd and messy human narratives. I often comb the expectations of an individual within our large, modern social networks and strive to create complex, maximalist ecosystems that take shape as poorly rendered, unbalanced worlds by way of painting, sculpture and installation. 

 Materials hard and soft give way to transparent billowy layers, obsessive mark making and object manipulation. My paintings and digital works tend to be complex records of memory, anxiety and wish. Much of my sculptural and installation works are transitional. In addition to working with metal, I source banal pieces of refuse and fabricate bioplastics to develop over-engineered chattels and places held to the trappings of time.”