Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:20:13 -0500
Subject: Karen Heagle at 31Grand


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For Immediate Release

31GRAND
Thirty One Grand Street
Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York 11211
718-388-2858
http://www.31grand.com

Karen Heagle
Puritans, Perverts, and Feminists
Nov. 30, 2001 =AD Dec. 30, 2001
Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 30, 7-10pm


31Grand is proud to present new paintings by Karen Heagle inspired by an
essay written by Dorothy Allison in 1985, "Puritans, Perverts and
Feminists".

In Allison's essay she explores the erotic connection between everyday life
and science fiction comics. These stories draw out her early thoughts on
feminism and lesbian desire. Alive with confessional humor, she uncovers
hidden perversities and coded rituals, which unleash a rich fantasy life
full of personal revolution.

Similarly, Heagle mines her Midwestern roots, and flights of fancy into her
paintings of popular culture icons and farmland settings. To quote Allison,
"Most sexual imagery does not have one interpretation but a range of
multilevel impacts depending on context, personal taste, and hidden
symbolism". Karen Heagle finds her own meaning in the already familiar faces
of AJ from the Backstreet Boys, Chyna from WWF, and the animals and farm
machinery from her childhood.

Attached image: The Hired Hand (A.J. McClean)

Opening sponsored by Stella Artois

Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday, 1-7 pm, or by appointment
Directions: Subway -L Train to Bedford Ave. walk south on Bedford Ave. to
Grand St. Right on Grand St. to Kent Ave.
Car -Drive over the Williamsburg Bridge. First exit. Right on Broadway.
Right on Kent Ave. to Grand St.

For more information about Karen Heagle please contact us at 718.388.2858 or
gallery31grand-AT-earthlink.net.


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