Friendly Confines

A SOLO EXHIBITION BY ALEXANDRIA NAZAR

Exhibition Runs: April 29 - July 29
Opening + Artist Talk: Sunday, May 3 from 2:30 - 3:30pm at Atria Center City

About the exhibition:

The works in Friendly Confines investigate rituals and relationships created while playing baseball, particularly focusing on how men relate to one another within environments traditionally coded as masculine. Drawing from the lineage of humanist and feminist portraiture, this exhibition examines the psychology of those rituals and relationships and seeks to represent the moments with frankness and attention to the players' emotional reality. The paintings document different allowable relationship dynamics and offer an alternative perspective on male intimacy while acknowledging the weight of gendered performance. They explore acceptable instances of physical touch, the ways proximity can replace speech, and the subtle tensions that give rise to tenderness.

ABOUT THE Artist:

Alexandria Nazar is a painter and curator in Philadelphia. She received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from Tyler School of Art and Architecture and her BA in Fine Arts and History from UC Davis. She was co-curator for the show Testing Grounds at Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia, PA and is now a co-director of Fjord Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.  She has previously shown her work at Temple Contemporary in Philadelphia, PA, Information Space in Philadelphia, PA, the Dorchester Art Project in Boston, MA, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center in Chautauqua, NY, Onkel Olga’s Atelier Odense, Denmark and Gæsteatelier Hollufgård in Odense, Denmark. She has also attended residencies at the Pine Meadows Artist Residency, the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, MASS MOCA in North Adams, MA and the Chautauqua School of Art in Chautauqua, NY.