Opening: Louise Mirlande at Merge Art Community Space

Merge presents “Louise Mirlande” an installation of art recording an ongoing relationship of the artists Natasha Weston and Linda L Chappel. This artistic process formed from working together in dance, photograph, painting and mixed media. This show represents a 30+ year dialogue combining our ideas into a collection of art which is expressed in the persona of Louise Mirlande. The artwork and photography is a record of these interactions, years apart. The artists are led by the assertion of Nahui Olin who saw her herself as an artist and not an artist’s model. Further influence includes a wide breadth of artists from the photography of Julia Margaret Cameron to the performance work of Fluxus and Joseph Beuys. This show opens on First Friday, August 7, and continues through the end of August.