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Lesley Dill

LESLEY DILL works in sculpture, photography, and performance, using a variety of media and techniques to explore themes of language, the body, and transformational experience. She is represented by the George Adams Gallery in N.Y.C. and the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans.

Everything’s All Right

By Lesley Dill

hen I was 14 years old growing up in Maine I experienced a startling awareness of understanding. I was in my bedroom getting ready to go to school and looking out the window at the late fall oak leaves against the early morning sky.

Lesley Dill, “Poem Eyes #3,” photo silkscreen shellac, thread on tea stained muslin. Courtesy of artist and George Adams Gallery.

Faith & the Devil

By Lesley Dill

I had an exhibit at George Adams Gallery in New York City in 2012 called Faith & The Devil that is now touring the country until 2015. The exhibition centers around a large female figure, “Big Gal Faith,” eight feet tall with wild hair, in a lavish 26-foot-wide dress encrusted with drawn images, appliquéd words, and hundreds of threads.

<em>Big Gal Faith</em>. Sculpture, 2012. Mannequin, oil paint, oil pastel, fabric, paper, wood, silver, and gold leaf. 7' 8.5 H x 26' W x 10' D.
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JUNE 2020

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