Summer Wheat
Reflecting Puddles
Lot Closed
August 5, 06:58 PM GTNN
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Summer Wheat
b. 1977
Reflecting Puddles
Acrylic paint and gouache on aluminum mesh
69¾ by 48¾ by 2½ in. (framed); 68 by 47 in. (unframed)
177.2 by 123.8 by 6.4 cm (framed) 172.72 by 119.4 cm (unframed)
Executed in 2023.
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Kindly donated by the artist and SOCO Gallery
Summer Wheat (b. 1977, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is known for her vibrant paintings, multifaceted sculptures, and immersive installations that weave together the history of materiality, figuration, and abstraction in both Replica Handbags and craft milieus. Each series engages individual and collects ive human experiences drawn from historical and contemporary sources, mediated through a variety of references ranging from ancient art and medieval tapestries, to etchings from the Renaissance, to modernist abstractions.
Wheat’s work examines various manifestations of labor, leisure, commerce, and class through the depiction of numerous figures and archetypes such as farmers, hunters, beekeepers, gardeners, weavers, bankers, and movie stars. The artist’s densely populated “scapes” envision worlds where t.mes seems to have collapsed and every person, regardless of social status, occupies a shared/equal space, in which both labor and leisure are paths to healing humanity. Using a tongue-in-cheek type of humor inspired by comic strips, Wheat subverts conventional hierarchical structures and stereotypes to create more expansive depictions of daily life throughout history.
Wheat received a B.A. from the University of Central Oklahoma and an M.F.A. from Savannah College of Art and Design.
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