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Dustin Hall
1media/117750796_191442715730698_6794592679437330982_n.jpg2020-09-30T22:17:40+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d115Painter from Neon, Kentuckyvisual_path2020-10-19T03:51:20+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dDustin Hall is a self-taught painter working out of Neon, Kentucky and the neighboring town of Whitesburg, home to the famous Appalshop cultural center. In the past few years, he has a created a prolific body of work that engages multiple aspects of his identity–young, queer, Appalachian–while challenging established artistic assumptions regarding bodies, landscapes, figures, and abstraction. His distinct, expressionistic style entangles human bodies, natural forms, religious and mythological imagery, and vibrant arrays of color to construct a pointed commentary on his identity and surroundings. Often painting on unconventional materials that are readily available to him, including dollar store housewares and frames found in the dumpster, Hall maintains a keen sense of irony and self-awareness towards the pretensions that wind their way around the academic art world. His paintings are not only aesthetic adventures but records of his experiences as a gay man in Appalachia.
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1media/hall_the_red_tulips_thumb.jpg2020-10-04T00:22:31+00:00The Red Tulips1Dustin Hallmedia/hall_the_red_tulips.jpgplain2020-10-04T00:22:31+00:00Neon, Kentucky2018United States
1media/A_woman_alone_in_the_woods_sees_her_own_reflection_hall_thumb.jpg2020-10-18T05:05:19+00:00A woman alone in the woods sees her own reflection1Dustin Hallmedia/A_woman_alone_in_the_woods_sees_her_own_reflection_hall.jpgplain2020-10-18T05:05:19+00:00Neon, Kentucky2020United States
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