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Karen Sullivan and Karen Green
Karen2 at Bunny Gunner
By: Diana Linden

Karen Sullivan--a clay artist and sculptor--and Karen Green--who works with assemblage, sumi paint, and text--each stand on their own merits, together the artists’ works create a sense of "call and response" to each other. Displayed so that the two media are intermixed brings out elements within the other, heightening the visual pleasure. Sullivan's red spiked cups invite close viewing, yet they assert power and aggressiveness with their pronged surfaces. Green joyfully claims power over the depiction of historical and art historical figures, disrobing them, stripping them of their social standing. In both tactility and detail draw you in. The tone is sometimes whimsical and playful, sometimes disarming. Green's primarily black and white images are brightened by the juxtaposition with Sullivan's colorful work (Bunny Gunner, Pomona).