The work I have featured in this show challenge the way in which the brain interprets sight. Our brains have several preconceptions when looking at a painting. We assume that the object held within a picture frame is flat. We assume that paintings are actually two-dimensional even though they often suggest three-dimensionality. We assume that dark colors recede and light colors advance. We assume that the surface of a painting is all that we should consider. We assume that the subject is placed on top of the background to cover it up. My paintings, prints, and collages challenge the viewer to put away these misconceptions and believe, instead, what the eye is actually seeing. My work has deep historical connections but the idea of changing the way we see could not be more applicable and significant to our world today.
Lindsay Roth
2009
