It’s a new collection of attractive black and white acrylic paintings, filled with squiggly lines and mysterious shapes that will indeed remind the viewer of birds and the natural world, as well as the jumpy, interior life of an artist blessed and cursed with racing thoughts. Alonso’s paintings aren’t exactly sedate, but they don’t signal danger.
Created in the months after the tragic and senseless Winter Street Studios fire bombing, which destroyed Alonso’s studio and several of her artworks, Birds Are People Too is a testament to Alonso’s resiliency, and the innate ability of artists to bounce back even after unimaginable loss. (Nearly 100 artists were impacted by the fire.)
“These experiences led me back to where I started as an artist: the simplicity and contrast of black and white,” says Alonso in a statement on her Instagram feed. “What color once concealed is now displayed in plain sight — the figures, birds, and creatures in my work step forward, confronting you in all their expressiveness.”
This exhibit is a special, one-night-only “pop-up” experience, a unique model presented by AAG.
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