SOCIAL MEDIA TAKEOVER: Katie Butler
Thu, Jun 06
|https://www.instagram.com/akron_soul_train/
Follow along on our Instagram page to learn more about Katie Butler, our June 2024 Artist in Residence.
Time & Location
Jun 06, 2024, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
https://www.instagram.com/akron_soul_train/
About the event
Spend the day online with Katie Butler, learning more about her artistic process! Online: Instagram
Katie Butler
Exhibition: Bread and Butter
July 10 - August 17, 2024, in Burton D. Morgan Gallery
Katie Butler, a painter hailing from Akron, Ohio, specializes in allegorical still-life creations that offer incisive commentary on American politics. Her paintings present tableaus featuring meat, seafood, and elegant china juxtaposed with commonplace gingham tablecloths, serving as a visual critique of the disparity between the affluent, privileged figures in power and the ordinary citizens they purport to represent. Using the dinner table as a metaphorical stage for political theater, Butler highlights the superficiality of "bread and butter issues" at the heart of political campaigns.
During her Akron Soul Train residency, Butler aims to extend her representation by collaging scenes that blend everyday objects from her life with powerful and absurd elements. This expansion of her visual language involves…