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Tabitha Vevers at the Provincetown Art Asso. and Museum |
July 15, 2009
 Tabitha Vevers is the scion of Provincetown artistic royalty Tony Vevers and Elspeth Halvorsen and she grew up in the house once owned by Mark Rothko, but she has a distinct and entirely individual voice. She has a large and stunning show ongoing at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.
  Vevers’ work is shaped in contrast: grotesque and exquisite, heavenly and monstrous, serene and violent. The technique is Renaissance in detail and refinement, the subjects are on their face timeless, women like Boticelli’s, scenes even a bit reminiscent of religious paintings. But look closer and the subject matter is often shocking: rape, disfigurement, genetic mutation.
These paintings are the product of a mature and thoughtful artist, with the highest level of technical skill married to thoughtfulness and intelligence.
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