![]() ![]() Ann Gale is described as a figurative painter, but a first glance at her paintings conjures up both impressionistic and expressionistic techniques. Siken and Gale are parallel creators with a varied but complex body of work. Poet Richard Siken and artist Ann Gale both provide the opportunity for discomfort and curiosity when experiencing their body of work, often drawn in with a lingering curiosity, perhaps almost a macabre fascination (“what is this and what does it mean?”). ![]() Poets may shock us with difficult evocations, or flood us with surprising thoughts and emotions. In the case of art and writing, the work we find powerful demands our attention, sometimes even a second encounter. ![]() What we are attracted to can sometimes intimidate or unsettle us. ![]()
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