"In these latest works, Casey returns to the most fundamental elements of painting: form, color, and mood. Immersed within an enclosed architectural space her essentialized shapes like orbs, slabs, and coils coexist alongside subtle bodily suggestions. Meticulously arranged and stacked objects balance ever so precariously. Filling up the frame of each composition, their outsize scale recalls the dreamlike architectures and interiors of early paintings by Giorgio De Chirico."
"Casey notes that in the past year she pared back the visual elements to evoke a sense of meditative soulfulness. Owing partly to a recent studio move where she has ceramicists for neighbors, she began refocusing on the vessel form as a central character. Within the subtle narratives of Casey's painted worlds this form feels charged as though it holds something vital - a secret, interior life - that can only be physicalized through mood and tone."
The paintings return to fundamental elements of painting—form, color, and mood—placing essentialized shapes such as orbs, slabs, and coils within enclosed architectural spaces. Meticulously arranged and stacked objects fill each frame at an outsize scale that recalls dreamlike interiors and architectures, while subtle bodily suggestions permeate the compositions. Visual elements have been pared back to evoke a meditative soulfulness, with renewed focus on vessel forms influenced by adjacent ceramicists. Vessels appear charged as containers of secret interior life, made tangible through mood and tone. Constructions disobey gravity yet convey inevitability and harmony, inviting a contemplative, obstacle-course-like navigation of scale, weight, and desire.
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