Amanda Gentry: Expanding

Emerging artist Amanda Gentry unveils a new series of nine works in the exhibition titled Expanding, which explores the pillow as a metaphor for the mental and physical weight of the human experience. Gentry’s repetition of hundreds of swollen and sealed vessels has a restless, uncanny effect, while her delicate use of color and soft materials render the unconscious state of sleep. Amanda Gentry is a Chicago-based artist better known for her functional clayware, before focusing on the non-functional work highlighted in this exhibition three years ago.