Mindy Solomon Gallery and curator Ché Morales recently launched a highly-interactive digital experience designed by Hanna Ali to commemorate Genevieve Cohn’s first solo exhibition, “Beauty of the Burden.” Set against a surrealist-looking natural atmosphere, the virtual presentation takes place in a dilapidated atrium erected atop a small island.
Cohn’s figurative paintings of women are displayed throughout the artist’s “library of babel” that is filled with blooming plant life. The digitally-created world is completely devoid of human life, creating a haunting yet romantic ambience that is felt throughout the virtual walkthrough. “The universe within, defies expectations of physics and social normalities, and writes a new history (or future) of the women in Cohn’s paintings,” as per a statement by the gallery.
