"For Weaver, the body is not just a subject but a site - a stage on which line is choreographed in lyrical gestures, and through which emotion comes to the fore. Despite their monumental scale, Weaver's new works disclose humble subjects and tender sentiments.Across a series of large square-format canvases, Weaver's mothers pose in enveloping embraces: swaying, kneeling, or cradling children in their laps."
"Alongside these, several paintings feature solitary female figures in bowing stances reminiscent of Eve or Aphrodite, attempting to shield their nude bodies from the viewer's gaze. By contrast, the mother and child paintings propose a triangularity of gazes: at times either mother or child stares outward, at others they remain locked in one another's gaze. Elongated, curving necks recall the postures of Weaver's 'Flowers' series (2024)."
Grace Weaver's new paintings focus on archetypal motifs of mother and child and the female nude. The body functions as a stage where line is choreographed into lyrical, curving gestures that foreground emotion. Large square canvases show mothers swaying, kneeling, and cradling children, while solitary female figures bow or attempt to shield their nude bodies. Gazes alternate between outward stares and locked exchanges, producing triangular visual relationships. Elongated necks and tapering limbs verge on abstraction as posture conveys subtle moods. Weaver paints on the floor with watery matte washes over a black base, working wet-on-wet with oversized brushes in a fresco-like, responsive method.
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