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2015-06-15
This Meant Nothing weaves together a narrative gleaned from social media including Tumblr, pop tabloids, softcore porn, fashion photography and personal history into breathtakingly beautiful, woven skeins of colored thread, leaving an indelible impression of mingled highbrow and lowbrow culture on the viewer. The line between fiction and reality is toyed with and blurred by Narrett as she unfolds the story, detail by detail, in her uniquely fabricated scenes.
The series of four sequential works follows two women through a confusing love story which begins on the set of “The Bachelor”. The narrative is cast with images of Lauren Morelli and Samira Wiley, the former of which is a writer for the TV show “Orange is the New Black,” and recently left her real life husband to be with Samira, one of the show’s main actresses. The story resolves itself painfully, and the end involves a mixture of punishment and heartbreak, as well as the lurking futility of escapism.
Opposite – Stars Align, 2014
Exhibition runs through to June 28th, 2015
Arts+Leisure
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New York
NY 10029
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