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Zoë Charlton The Domestic

Artist Zoë Charlton creates large-scale collages, drawings, and sculptural installations that explore the complexities of contemporary social and cultural stereotypes. Recurring imagery in Charlton's work --suburban houses, African masks, paper dolls, and lush landscapes--provides a new approach to issues and representations of black identity. "The Domestic" examines notions of care-taking across racial and class lines, the fragility and failings of a home, and the complications of gender and sexuality in relation to this intensely bodily work. Curated by Shannon Egan, this exhibition traveled to Pennsylvania State University from Gettysburg College’s Schmucker Gallery.

Class visit to Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College (photo: Khun Minn Ohn)
Installation at Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College (photos: Khun Minn Ohn)
Paul Russell Road. 2018. Wood, latex paint, lacquer paint, plastic, and glitter, 13.5 x 15.75 ft. (photo: Khun Minn Ohn)
Selected details (photos: Khun Minn Ohn)
HUB Gallery, HUB-Robeson Center, Penn State University (photo: Sarah Kipp)
Installation at HUB Gallery, HUB-Robeson Center, Penn State University (photos: Alvaro Jordan)
A Bird for the Sportsman's Gun. 2018. Graphite, acrylic paint, and collage on paper, 112 x 120 in. (photo: Alvaro Jordan)
Homebodies #2 (detail). 2014. Collage on paper. 11 x 15 in.
The Country A Wilderness Unsubdued. 2018. Graphite, acrylic paint, and collage on paper, 122 x 55 in. (photo: Alvaro Jordan)
From left: Homebodies #1 | Reared #4 | Reared #7. 2014. Collage on paper. 11 x 15 in. each. (photo: Alvaro Jordan)
Reared #7. 2014. Collage on paper. 11 x 15 in.
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Heavy Billows. 2018. Graphite, acrylic paint, and collage on paper, 112 x 55 in. (photo: Alvaro Jordan)
Strand. 2018. Graphite, acrylic paint, and collage on paper, 75 x 51 in. (photo: Alvaro Jordan)