All Things Held Between

All Things Held Between is Megan Gabrielle Harris’s first solo exhibition with the Anat Ebgi gallery and debut in New York. The exhibition is on view at 372 Broadway from June 26 through August 7.

Megan Gabrielle Harris’s paintings typically feature women of coloUr depicted as powerful, regal, and divine, often set against rich and vibrant backdrops. In All Things Held Between, Harris expands her focus slightly, allowing the landscape to take a more central role. Many of these scenes are inhabited by the same solitary women who appear throughout her work, depicted at moments of leisure and reflection.

Built up from many thinly applied layers, she bases her compositions on memories of landscapes from her life growing up in Northern California and scenery recalled from travels to alluring places such as South Africa, Hawaii, and Italy. The women, who are dominant subjects of several works, are inspired by an amalgamation of women from her family, sometimes based on personal photographs, or wearing clothes that belonged to her grandmother or mother, adding to the paintings’ sense of reflection and timelessness.

Source: Anat Ebgi Website