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Evelyn Statsinger, “Sound Raga (Fall),” 1977, oil on linen, 40 by 32 inches.

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EVELYN STATSINGER ON VIEW AT VALERIE CARBERRY GALLERY w/1 cut

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CHICAGO, ILL. — Valerie Carberry Gallery presents a solo exhibition of Evelyn Statsinger’s paintings from the 1970s on view May 2–June 21.

The show will include 12 paintings (all oil on canvas) many of which were exhibited in Statsinger’s groundbreaking show in 1978 at Artemisia Gallery. Seen today, one can observe the first meditations on what would become a central theme in Statsinger’s art: the rhythm and mystery of nature.

Before coming to Chicago in the 1940s, Statsinger studied briefly at the Art Students League in New York and the University of Toledo. In Chicago, she studied for a year at the University of Chicago and received her degree from the School of the Art Institute in 1949. At that time she was associated with Chicago’s “Monster Roster” painters because of the distorted figures present in her early work.

In her mature work, Statsinger relinquishes readily identifiable forms such as the figure in favor of fantasy forms abstracted from nature. Through these forms, arranged within highly organized and complex environments of pattern and texture, Statsinger translates her experiences of the natural world.

With a palette of quiet earth tones accented with select intense hues, Statsinger creates a variety of spatial illusions and timeless emotional climates in her work. Art historian and critic Dennis Adrian keenly describes Statsinger’s painting as imbued with a “curious inner illumination that affords them a compelling fascination and enigmatic charm.”

A full color catalog of the exhibition is available. Valerie Carberry Gallery is at 875 Michigan Avenue, Suite 2510. For information, 312-397-9990 or www.valeriecarberry.com.