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Exhibition Overview

Initially, the artist considered reproduction as the most important aspect of life, and she explored this idea in various compositions of fruits and vegetables as allegories. Gradually, however, she realized that the compositions were of relationships, juxtapositions of the subject matter which revealed more than just sexual attraction.

Using the traditional techniques of the Dutch masters, Klein Abensohn tackles societal, familial, and interpersonal dynamics--from suggestive, generative allusions of sumptuous produce to pears that inhabit female archetypes. The most essential relationships, be they sexual, personal, familial, or racial are alluded to in her myriad of forms鈥攃oyly, directly, ironically.

Each of these ways of relating to one another and to oneself are portrayed through the common fruits and vegetables we live with 鈥� and ingest 鈥� on a daily basis.听 听听