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Barriers & Preservers | Margaret Davis
May 20 - June 18, 2022


Artist Statement:
My recent artwork focuses on adolescences from a variety of environments and cultures. The paintings are a visual response to numerous social concerns of today’s teens; be it record levels of anxiety, school safety, street safety, equality, war, or those affected by the upward swing in migration, teen refugees.  The teens are portrayed among symbolic barriers and protectors, such as life preservers, emergency blankets, sandbags, and road barriers. These images, either installed or painted, are connected by their cautionary colors.
The paintings are created in layers. Initially imagery is applied with multi-media, including transfers, spray paint and prints. Over those images resin is poured for a glassy and transparent effect. This first layer creates the environmental backdrop for the figures, which are rendered on top with oil paint. The overall intent is for the viewer to contend with how we as adults, cultures and political entities help or hinder the teens as they form their adult personas.


Artist Bio:
Contemporary realist and figurative painter, Margaret Davis, lives and works in New Orleans where she recently opened and co-directs IBIS, Contemporary Art Gallery. She is an Emeritus Professor from Eastern Michigan University, where she taught Painting and Drawing for 25 years. Margaret was born in Perrysburg, Ohio.  She received her BFA in Sculpture from Boston University, College for the Arts and her MFA in Painting from The University of Michigan. One and Two-Person exhibitions include: Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI The Duderstadt Center Gallery at The University of Michigan; The Kreft Gallery at Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI; Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Art School, Bangalore, India: Rosewood Arts Center in Kettering, Ohio: 20 North Gallery, Toledo, Ohio; Detroit Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and  the River Gallery in Chelsea, Michigan.

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Generous support is provided by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. 

Our activities are sponsored in part by an award from the MICHIGAN ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL  and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. 
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This program is sponsored by the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work!
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  • Home
  • Exhibitions
    • Late Summer Solo Exhibitions >
      • Sunstroke | Denise Burge
      • We All Live Downwind | Shanna Merola
      • Bedside | Emily Orzech
    • Early Fall Exhibitions
    • In Conversation
    • Exhibition Opportunities >
      • Press Play
      • 2024-2025 Season Call For Entry
      • PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
    • 2023-2024 Exhibition Season
    • 2022-2023 Exhibition Schedule
    • Selected Past Exhibitions >
      • Summer Solo Exhibitions >
        • In a Dream | Robert Beras
        • Nature is Healing | Maria Lux
        • Vocation as Vacation | Andrew Rider
      • June Solo Exhibitions >
        • Oasis of Symmetry | Aisha Changezi
        • Late Stage Block Party | Adrian Hatfield
        • Everted Sanctuaries: Exquisite Contortions | Ryan Lewis
      • April Exhibitions >
        • Sam Morello Selected Works
        • Small Works - National Juried Exhibition
        • Teeth & Hair - National Juried Exhibition
      • Late Winter Solo Exhibitions >
        • Tokens and Traces | Jeanne Ciravolo
        • Between Here and There | Kimberly LaVonne
        • A Reckoning in Pink | Danielle Mužina
      • January Solo Exhibitions >
        • Crawl Space | Guen Montgomery
        • Portraits of Home | Whitney Lea Sage
        • Interior Visions: Domestic Sphere | Stephanie Serpick
      • Early Winter Exhibitions >
        • Empty Road, Great Tornado - Emmett Merrill
        • Nice Things for Nice People - Kate Snow
        • Recent Work - Michael Melet
      • November Exhibition >
        • Buckham Artist Collaborators
        • On Screen: A Showcase
      • 101 Artists
      • Ojichaagwan Vessels- Guy Adamec
      • Caution: May Contain Nudity >
        • Donovan Entrekin
        • Friends
      • Summer Exhibitions >
        • Heidi Brueckner
        • Craig Hinshaw
        • Michael Weigman
      • Early Summer Exhibitions >
        • Barriers & Preservers | Margaret Davis
        • Endless Endeavors | Benjamin Muñoz
      • BIPOC is The Theme! >
        • BIPOC Artists for Feature Exhibition
        • Viewing Room
      • Late Winter Exhibitions >
        • Dialectics and the Decommodified: The Spectres of Capital- Morgan Craig
        • Textures of the Southwest- Robert Huebel
        • All the Pretty Little Horses- Chris Waters
      • Small Talk >
        • Viewing Room
      • December Exhibitions >
        • Horizons | Emily Legleitner
        • Indexing Schizophrenia | Diane Zeeuw
        • Seeking Solace | Rebecca Zeiss
      • Black & White
      • Entropy >
        • Viewing Room
      • 2021 Exhibitions
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    • Art Money
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    • Flint ARTWALK
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    • Past Events >
      • Past Artist Talks >
        • 2022 Smallidge Lecture
        • Jan. 10, 2020: Artist Talks with Ardea Thurston-Shaine and Dominique Chastenet de Gary
        • Tommy Mintz, Nov. 2019
        • 2019 Smallidge Lecture
        • June 2019: Panel Discussion with John Dempsey, Guy Adamec, and Amy Gibas
        • May 4, 2019- Artist Talk with Stephen Halko and Nick Reszetar
        • April 13, 2019 ​Artist Talk and Deviant Life Drawing Session with Jeanine Leclaire
      • Open Mic
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    • BFAP: On Screen >
      • On Screen Artists
      • FAQ
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      • Bob Campbell
      • Natasha Thomas
      • Shea Phire Cobb
    • Collaborators at Karmanos
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      • 2024 Emerging Artist Fellowship
      • Steven Banks
      • My Proulx
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    • Founders Feature >
      • FOUNDERS FEATURE: THOMAS NUZUM
      • Founders Feature: Sam Morello
      • Founders Feature: Ken Kinyon
      • Founders Feature: John Dempsey
      • FOUNDERS FEATURE: GUY ADAMEC
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