"Looking at you, Looking at me" | Interact Gallery
Looking at you, Looking at me adds to a long art historical tradition of portraiture, which has often excluded the voices of people with disabilities
Capturing their subjects in paint, collage, color pencil, pastels, fibers, and clay, each of the fifteen artists in this exhibition share singular renditions of their most entrancing muses, both renowned and anonymous. Amidst a sea of familiar faces – comic book heroes, religious figures, celebrities – are a caseworker, colleagues, detached nostrils, self portraits. Some works are affectionate, some humorous, and some deeply personal.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Looking at you, Looking at me
May 31 – June 27, 2025
Interact Gallery | 1902 Minnehaha Ave W, St. Paul, MN 55401
Please note that Interact Gallery has moved.
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, May 31, 1 – 4 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
The reception for Looking at you, Looking at me is one of three exhibitions at Interact Gallery that coincides with Interact Renewed: A Grand Opening Celebration. Please join us for a day of festivities as we celebrate Andy's exhibition, the work of over 90 Interact artists and performers, and the grand reopening of our new art center and gallery.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Annemarie Burns, Bill Crane, Michael Engebretson, Janice Essick, D.D., Andie Kiley, Chris Mason, Rosemary Perronteau, Lucy Picasso, Phillip Price, Thomas Robinson, Gary Rorby, Maizy Smith, Bonnie Thorne, and Matt Zimdars.
ACCESSIBILITY
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Image descriptions:
(Top of page) Gary Rorby's drawing, titled Breanna, renders a large face with loose, black lines. The figure's skin, hair, and facial features are colored with thin, energetic pen marks. The figure has orange eyebrows and lips. They hold their hands in front of themself and gaze to the left. Rorby's handwriting surrounds the figure on either side. Some it reads, "the artist Gary Rorby this will go for 75.00 dollars Breanna until we see each other in the new second life in the sky Lord in the sky."
(Slider) (1) D.D.'s portrait of Angela Bassett is done in color pencil. The actress is wearing a knotted red scarf on her head, symbols of her acting achievements float on the page to the left. (2) Matt Zimdars's collage includes clippings of nostrils from magazines patched over clear plexiglass with yellow tape. (3) Annemarie Burn's drawing of Cruella De Vil shows the Disney villain wrapped in a black and white polka dotted coat. Handwritten text floats around her. The background is painted in light washes of brown, green, yellow, and red. (4) Andie Kiley's portrait of a nameless figure adorns them with a black sweater patterned with colorful stars. The figure has peach skin and their mouth is open in a smile. The background is filled with saturated blue pastel.