The Frist Center in Nashville, Tennessee will host an exhibition of paintings and monotypes by Inka Essenhigh, created over the past decade. Between Worlds will exhibit the artist's ethereal figures and dreamlike environments in which boundaries are melted: interior becomes exterior; solid becomes fluid; the sensual overlaps with the absurd; plant becomes human; and clarity and mystery coexist.
Essenhigh's cast of characters and their settings are meant to present the possibility of existence outside of body and mind, yet the dream-like images have links to reality, reflecting time spent between lower Manhattan and rural Maine. While the images have connections with mysticism and folklore, they also serve as a reminder of the beauty of the natural world.
Between Worlds will be on view at the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery May 27–October 9, 2016.
