A collection of current work by artist Madeline Ludwig-Leone. Born in Newport, Rhode Island and presently based mostly in Los Angeles, Ludwig-Leone acquired her BA from Yale in 2015 and MFA from ArtCenter School of Design in 2024. She might be attending Millay Arts in August 2026 and Vermont Studio Middle in June 2027. Ludwig-Leone’s work examine the sophisticated relationships between people and the pure world, particularly how methods of illustration current a view that’s mediated by cultural bias. Right here simplified and flattened areas function a counterpoint to the luxurious or chic scenes so typically seen in Western panorama portray. When fragments of nature do seem they’re seen by way of home windows or in reflections and shadows.
“Shadows are distinguished in lots of the works, implying a stable type that’s typically unseen or out of view however asserting themselves as flat, graphic shapes. These silhouettes are additionally transient and ephemeral—a second captured earlier than the sunshine adjustments. Though the scenes comprise a conspicuous lack of dwelling issues, the standard of sunshine and shadow permits them to say themselves as part of the continued pure cycle of time.”
