Angie Reed Garner is a painter in oil working with themes of identity, emplacement, dislocation and the body. She was born in 1969 in Kentucky and has since moved twenty seven times-- for education, for opportunity, for adventure and for love. She spent eleven formative years as a young artist in the Pacific Northwest, and gained a progressive and activist orientation toward art and life.

Garner has a BA in Classics (1989) from Reed College (Portland OR), and her narrative works frequently pull from Greek mythology and ancient vase paintings to comment on contemporary life. She spent two years painting in Berlin, Germany, and three years deeply involved with an artists' co-operative gallery (PYRO, in Louisville KY). She expects to spend the next year painting in an open storefront studio and experiencing small town life in Monmouth IL.

On Display January 4 - 25, 2007

Vertigo I

oil on canvas

10 x 10"

$200

Vertigo II

oil on canvas

10 x 10"

$200

Vertigo III

oil on canvas

10 x 10"

$200

Vertigo IV

oil on canvas

10 x 10"

$200

the love of money

oil on canvas

48 x 24"

$1100

period.

oil on canvas

48 x 24"

$1100

past works by Angie Reed Garner shown at Altered Esthetics include:

George walks in the park

George relaxes at home

George says be proud

White House China

George pisses left

George pisses right

the lady of the house waits at home

the lady of the house fixes lunch (for George)

The George Series

Mixed media

5" – 18" wide

$100-$275, please inquire

Guerrilla Art - August 2006

These mixed-media works use the image of the first president of the United States, George W.,

to reflect upon the office of the presidency in contemporary times.

I destroy money to make works about imperialism, how it drives our political leadership and foreign policy.

We all probably see different things when we look at the symbols on the $1 bill. I see the eagle,

once associated with Zeus, which became the symbol of the Roman empire.

The Germans took the eagle and used it, and brought it to the United States.

The eagle has always been about empire, about extracting the wealth and resources from

the provinces necessary to maintain a perpetual state of war.

It makes some viewers nervous and even fearful to see the destroyed money.

They are afraid that I am breaking the law, and doing a bad thing,

and that there may be horrible consequences. I think this experience,

for the viewers that have it, is very much a part of my intent.

That anyone should have such fear about art is now a reality of political life in contemporary times.

Helping Hand

Oil On Wood With Pyrographic Lines

14" x 12"

$300

These paintings are from the "Chutes and Ladders" series, referencing the child's game.

If you haven't played in a while, or ever, it can be summed thus: good girls climb, while bad girls slide.

Playing Pretend - November 2005

Convert

Oil On Wood With Pyrographic Lines

12" x 10"

$275

Playing Pretend - November 2005

Ascension

Oil On Wood With Pyrographic Lines

12" x 10"

Playing Pretend - November 2005

Pink Flamingo Wisdom
 
oil on plywood panel w/ gesso

10" x 7.5"

$95

Animal Art - May 2005

Scarlet Ibis Triangle
 
oil on plywood panel w/ gesso

10" x 7.5"

$95

Animal Art - May 2005

"I've got a (bad feeling)"

oil on canvas

the Art of War - April 2004