HIGH STRANGENESS
Lydia Farrell
Lane Meyer Projects is pleased to present High Strangeness, a solo exhibition featuring artworks by Lydia Farrell.
May 05, 2023 - July 2, 2023
Opening Reception: May 5, 2023, 8pm - Late
For Immediate Release:
Lane Meyer Projects is pleased to present High Strangeness, a solo exhibition by Denver-based artist Lydia Farrell. Featuring scenes including the Overlook Hotel, neon graveyards, and Farrell's haunted dream house, High Strangeness blends the line between classic horror and the suburban mundane.
Rendered in nostalgic, technicolor-hues tones, Farrell's macabre scenes are crawling with life. Born and raised in the suburbs, by necessity, Farrell's relationship with the everyday has shifted into the realm of the fantastical imaginary. Peering through windows or chain link fences, there is a voyeuristic quality to his compositions. In the privacy of the houses next door we see the average suburbanite: sorcerers, skeletons and the wingèd undead.
Devilishly silly and strewn with hidden gems, Lydia Farrell's High Strangeness pokes fun at social convention through the metaphor of horror. Throughout works in the exhibition, Farrell assures and warns us that there is mischief afoot, in this life and the next.
Written by Marsha Mack
Lydia Farrell is an artist working out of Littleton, CO, where Farrell also grew up. Farrell attended Knox College and graduated with a BA, went to Brandeis as a post-bacc, and received an MFA from Boston University in 2015. Mark has been back working in Colorado since 2016, and has done residencies in Beijing, China, as well as the Vermont Studio Center and the Art Students League of New York residency at VYT. Growing up in the Colorado suburbs and watching them change over time has been a great inspiration to Farrell, as well.
All photos taken by Erynn McConnell
