\u201cErin took this everyday phrase that a lot of women have heard at one point or another, and she made it the conceptual center of the show,\u201d the gallery\u2019s owner, Christina Hiltscher, said. \u201cShe uses food and humor to look at body image, shame, desire, self doubt and how women’s bodies are judged, viewed and consumed by the media, and I think it’s a topic that we’ve all experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carle\u2019s vibrant paintings depict food in a variety of scenes, from a skeleton picnic to burgers as breasts to pancakes as ashtrays. A ceramic burger sculpture shows food at its most basic form, while two videos dive into Carle\u2019s history as a ballerina, with her dancing on top of In-N-Out-style burgers.<\/p>\n
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One of Carle’s pieces depicts a collage-style cheeseburger with pin-up girls and bold colors. The artwork inspired the rest of the exhibit. <\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to create something that was deeply personal,\u201d Carle said. \u201cComing from this ballet background, I was in such a concentrated ecosystem that was so body-focused. Everything you do has to do with your body and how people perceive you, so I wanted to create a series that put that in the forefront, but wasn’t just talking about the body.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carle began working with Hiltscher when looking for a gallery to represent her. Since then, Hiltscher has embraced Carle\u2019s growth as an artist and will host a \u201cWhat Comes Next\u201d event on July 9 from 5 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cI find it really fascinating seeing her evolve,\u201d Hiltscher said, \u201cand this is a great milestone, because I truly believe she’s going places and is on a trajectory.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carle\u2019s next project will explore dreamscapes while still focusing on \u201cthe female existence.\u201d She said her new work is loosely connected to the food exhibit, and she plans to bring in some of the pieces for the event next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want people to have a space for contemplation about the way that we approach people’s bodies, especially women’s, and how we’re so used to commenting on other people’s bodies and caring so much about our own,\u201d Carle said.<\/p>\n
\u201cyou should eat a burger\u201d runs through July 25 at Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At first glance, artist Erin Carle\u2019s solo exhibition is just fun paintings of food. The bold colors and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[91708,109865,132,134,133,127338,51098,127339,127340,127341,127342],"class_list":["post-358428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-art-exhibit","tag-art-exhibition","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-erin-carle","tag-paintings","tag-unchained-art","tag-womens-bodies","tag-womens-body-image","tag-you-should-eat-a-burger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}