‘Nightstand’
ART SPACE
LEIGH RUPLE
Leigh Ruple finds inspiration for her drawings and paintings
in “geometries and patterns from the local architecture”
around her studio in East Williamsburg. “These structures
operate as stages that allow for lively events to occur, such
as cats roaming an empty lot, a man painting a door red, or a
sparrow flying past a blooming rose bush,” she says.
Mundane scenes are infused with a surreal dreaminess in her
work. All the details are recognizable, ordinary things you
might see on any day walking around your neighborhood. But
there is something off, a few details out of place that turn the
everyday abnormal. “I ground the work in reality by creating
light sources, spaces, and references that are convincing,”
she says. “Yet I use my imagination to create a grander, more
fantastical narrative than what ordinarily appears.”
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