Payton McGowen- Metamorphosis — Martha's Contemporary

Payton McGowen

Metamorphosis

March 2022

Martha’s Contemporary is pleased to announce Payton McGowen’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Metamorphosis focuses heavily on McGowen’s colored pencil drawings. These soft-textured works feature her signature figures frolicking, lounging and getting ready for spring. As usual in McGowen’s work, her figures exist in a world where clothes do not. A free and natural world where societal norms do not exist and the ever-spinning capitalistic wheel stands still. It’s a daydream filled with relaxation. One where McGowen is the main character. One where life is slow. No errands. No lists. No schedules. It’s a simple world filled with a content stillness. A world where you can sleep with flowers and live full time in your own personal utopia.

***Chasing the Blues Away***
**Colored pencil and graphite on paper framed with museum glass**
**19 1/2'' x 28 1/2''**
**2022**

***Hungry***
**Colored pencil on paper framed with museum glass**
**12'' x 16''**
**2022**

***Camouflage***
**Colored pencil on paper framed with museum glass**
**15'' x 19 1/2''**
**2022**

***Fool***
**Colored pencil and graphite on paper framed with museum glass**
**27" x 33 1/2 "**
**2022**

***ABC Gum***
**Colored pencil and graphite on paper framed with museum glass**
**16'' x 20''**
**2022**

***Night Beast***
**Colored pencil and graphite on toned paper framed with museum glass**
**20'' x 26''**
**2022**

***Metamorphosis***
**Colored pencil and gouache on paper framed with museum glass**
**19'' x 25''**
**2022**

***Jelly***
**Acrylic and Oil on Canvas**
**27 3/4'' x 40 1/2''**
**2022**

***Life of Party***
**Acrylic and Oil on Canvas**
**31 1/2'' x 41''**
**2022**