Boca Raton Museum of Art Presents VICKIE PIERRE: BE MY HERALD OF WHAT’S TO COME — Preview

WHEN:

Thru September 5, 2021

WHERE:

Boca Raton Museum of Art
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432

TICKETS:

$10+

Free - July - for Students, Children, Members

For tickets, visit the Boca Raton Museum of Art website

Boca Raton Museum of Art presents Be My Herald of What’s to Come, Vickie Pierre’s first solo museum show. Grounded in the Arts and Crafts movement, Vickie Pierre’s installations have a storybook feel, according to the Boca Raton Museum of Art. A spokesperson says, “just as fractured fairytales can be more subversive than the traditional fables, the playfulness and whimsical flourishes of Pierre’s assemblages are underscored by her pull towards the beautifully grotesque.”

The Divine Feminine Interventions of Vickie Pierre Assemble Deeper Truths about Race, Colonialism and Who Gets to be the Princess

“These works proclaim that while we can acknowledge the dark, painful parts of our past, at the same time we can also express hope and light for the future,” says the Miami-based artist Vickie Pierre.

She uses vintage Avon perfume bottles shaped like idealized women in period skirts; flaxen hair from dolls; galleon ships to represent the slave trade; bracelets, cuffs and jewelry ― all interconnected by long strands of glittering beads. The color backdrops are reminiscent of French toile fabrics. Pierre says, “I’ve been collecting these Avon perfume bottles for some time, using them as my muses. They’ve been deconstructed because I take their heads and torsos off. It’s a play on the idea of the Princess ― who gets to be the Princess?”

Vickie Pierre is a multimedia artist, born in Brooklyn. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1997. She currently lives in Miami. Vickie Pierre says her “creative process is inspired by memory, fantasy, surrealism, popular culture and the decorative and ornamental arts.” She is known for her wall installations that blend elements of her Caribbean heritage with contemporary culture. “There is always a sense of melancholy and longing in my work, it comes from the otherworldly state I put myself in when I am creating,” says Pierre.

For more information, visit the Boca Raton Museum of Art website

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