Exhibition Dates: March 9 - April 20
Public Reception: Saturday, March 9, 4 pm - 6 pm
Contact person for information: Katherine Brimberry katherine@flatbedpress.com
Field Notes on Augury: ISTI MIRANT STELLA: Flatbed is pleased to present a selection of works by Serena Perrone spanning printmaking, ceramics, glass, photography, and text. Often taking cues from literature and art history, her varied bodies of work are unified by the use of color and recurring symbols, relying heavily on process, workmanship, and decoration. The works in this exhibition record instances of both wonder and trepidation when confronting the landscape and natural phenomena. Isti Mirant Stella (“they marvel at the star”) is a nod to the auspicious appearance of Halley’s Comet as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry of 1066, as Perrone proposes the possibility of reading the past and gleaning clues to the future through close attention to the terrestrial and celestial realms.
Bio: Serena Perrone (b. St. Louis, MO) is a dual US/Italian citizen currently based between Atlanta Georgia and Sicily. She received her M.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design and is Assistant Professor of Printmaking (Tenure-Track) at Georgia State University. Her work is included in numerous permanent collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Philadelphia Museum of Art. She has received grants from Idea Capital, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and was nominated for the prestigious Pew Fellowship in Philadelphia in 2017. She has done residencies at C.R.E.T.A. Rome, the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venice, and the Vermont Studio Center. Notable solo exhibitions include Spring/Break Art Fair in New York, Cade Tompkins Projects, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and the Print Center in Philadelphia. She is the Founder and Director of Officina Stamperia del Notaio, an international artists' residency program and printmaking studio in Sicily. Her work is represented by Cade Tompkins Projects in Providence, Rhode Island. She was honored to undertake a Co-Publication Residency at Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking in 2023, creating a set of lithographs that will make their debut in this exhibition.
Tenere le corna in mano (Talisman Suite i-v). Glazed porcelain on monotype, 20x16", 2023.