BRITTANY MILLER: FEMALE FIGURATIVE PAINTERS
Female Figurative Painters, placed March 2022 residents Madeleine Pfull and Khushna Sulaman-Butt in conversation with Brittany Miller. Centred around real, imagined, and remembered figures the works call to the past, whilst retaining a distinctly contemporary feel. Disputing Westernised art canon, the works play with authority and familiarity, refusing and distorting traditional painting practice through subject choice, mark-making, and poise.
Brittany Miller’s works sit on the boundary of dream and memory. Linear dry-brush marks depict figures surrounded by otherworldly beings that ‘float and provoke’, defying the laws of the suggested space. Miller suspends time in the paintings, drawing out a singular moment. Despite the personal nature to the artist, the works do not alienate the viewer, instead, carrying the sense of a moment you might have lived.
The mark-making creates a static-like effect whilst referencing the artist's background in embroidery, eliciting connections with tapestry and woodcarving. Evoking feelings of comfort wrapped up in the lovingly depicted textiles, soft mattresses, and carpets, the works are tender and nostalgic, reminiscent of children's book illustrations from the past.
Brittany Miller is a painter who lives and works in Bronx, NY. She has exhibited across the United States and has an upcoming online solo show with Thierry Goldberg Gallery in New York and a solo show at Scott Miller Projects in Birmingham, Alabama. Her work is in numerous public and private collections, including Yale University and Montefiore Hospital’s fine art collection.
