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LANGFORD ART GALLERY in Phoenix Oregon welcomes Ashland Artist, Abby Lazerow Exhibition, Beneath the Surface. The exhibition Beneath the Surface by Ashland artist Abby Lazerow delves into the hidden layers of contemporary life. Lazerow uses multi-layers in her oil paintings to communicate how memory, history, and mythology intertwine with the present. The artworks move between realism, expressionism, and abstraction, guided by color and light, to reveal and conceal.
Human connection is central to the exhibition, particularly romantic couples, highlighting themes of tenderness, tension, perseverance, grief, and power dynamics. Additionally, Lazerow addresses broader societal issues: social divisions, systemic injustice, protest, and the longing for reconciliation and healing.
Lazerow aims to create space for ambiguity and transformation, suggesting that beauty and despair can coexist and that renewal is possible. Rather than seeking resolution, Beneath the Surface offers a space for reflection and transformation. Lazerow asks what it means to live fully in a world where beauty and despair coexist, while also pointing toward renewal.
“In this exhibition, I have included paintings that explore the subtle and complex layers of contemporary life. Many of the works are created in layers, some painted over older pieces, with traces of earlier images emerging. This process mirrors how we can view life on a surface level and then over time, deeper stories, truths, symbolism and secret histories can gradually be uncovered,” said Lazerow.
Lazerow lives with her family on a small farm in Ashland where she paints in her studio and raises sheep, fruits and vegetables. Before moving to southern Oregon, she was a museum educator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, an art instructor at UCLA and USC, and a California Arts Council artist in residence.
The October 25 event with Marla Estes of Building Bridgers marks the 7th presentation in a 10-part community-based series hosted by the Phoenix Art & Culture Council and Langford Art Gallery, focused on strengthening human connection and building bridges in the community within our region.
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4850 S Pacific Hwy, Phoenix, OR 97535-6603, United States
