Pony Gate by Amelia Briggs
curated by CACHE with funding support from the Tyson Family Foundation
Springdale, AR
September - November 2022
Artist Lecture: September 28
Driven by questions regarding links between identity and childhood, visual artist Amelia Briggs transformed the windows of the Famous Hardware Store into an uncanny dream of lush embodiments. A theater, teeming with exuberant textures and bold playful hues that waver between odious and cozy, subverts notions of value and humor while generating an abstract sense of longing. “Pony Gate” acts as a series of dioramas, where each window operates as a model, animating the indescribable nature of our formative selves and our personal mythologies. The colors, shapes, and lines associated with the toys, games, and objects from the artist’s youth get broken down and pieced together to form bloated objects that appear to be inflated. Acting as relics, each artwork is personal and universal, inviting us to question each of our individual experiences, bringing us closer to our own personal identities that have been shaped over time.
(Images courtesy of Meredith Mashburn Photography and Downtown Springdale Alliance)