Make Me Perfect (For You)

The global climate crisis creates an ever-present stressor that adds to the daily pressures of human existence. We continue our ordinary activities, strive to succeed and to enjoy life while it lasts, but in the background there is the continual environmental threat that we may not be able to recover from. In "Make Me Perfect (For You)", the individual is confined by anxiety, immobilized, sad but unable to take action on her own behalf. In "Last Migration", monarchs flutter around the human figures imprisoned by their own history, reminding us of the fragility of Nature. In "Dream of New York Harbor", rising sea levels have forever changed the landscape, forcing humans and other animals into the depths. These works are visualizations of the psychic dread that we live with in the Anthropocene Age.

Bio:
Laurie Talbot Hall holds Doctorate in Psychology and Master of Fine Arts Degrees. She studied at the University of Iowa, Hebrew and American Universities in Israel, and at Tisch School of the Arts, New York City. Her dual interests in art and psychology have led to the creation of work that attempts to visualize personal internal experiences. These glimpses into preconscious processes are examined through a wide range of media, finding coherence in the subject matter: the intrapsychic experience of the individual as she negotiates the challenges of our physical, social and intrapersonal environments. Hall curated the exhibition “Fearlessness: Moving Forward in a Post-truth Environment” for PhotoMidwest in 2017. In 2020, she organized “PERSIST and Reimagine” for Women’s Work Art Gallery, Detroit, a regional exhibition of work visualizing the COVID pandemic and the concurrent social upheaval. Hall has exhibited widely, is represented in public and private collections and in publications of The American Photography Institute, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Magic Silver, Montana Magazine, National Women’s Caucus for Art, and The University of New Mexico. An independent artist, curator and collector, she serves on the board of directors of the National Women’s Caucus for Art.