Pretty in Pink is a collaborative exhibition featuring the work of Dodd undergraduates, Catie Cook and Sarah Landmesser, that explores notions and contradiction of femininity and feminism within their individual work. Through their use of glitter, bright pink colors, wovens, or disco balls, the artists playfully poke-fun and revel in the hyper-feminine, both posing and critiquing. As a textile artist, Landmesser’s work inherently explores long held traditions of “women’s work”, aligning textiles with craft. In her paintings, Cook finds herself irresistibly drawn to 1960s Hollywood cinema and the French New Wave. Despite the sometimes darker cultural context surrounding this period, the movies of this era were filled with glamour and opulence. Depicting gorgeous, but often helpless objectified women, part of her fascination with these films is the conflicting nature of her adoration of these movies and her feminist ideals. Together, Cook and Landmesser create work that creates a large dialogue on the ways in which we read and perform femininity in our current period. 

Catie Cook is an artist currently working in Athens, Georgia with an emphasis in drawing and painting. Cook will receive her BFA in Drawing and Painting with a minor in Art History and a Certificate in Museum Studies from The Lamar Dodd School of Art. Cook primarily works in acrylic and oil balancing the line between realism and abstraction. Her work is focused on depictions of materialism, hyperfemininity, and popular culture. Her work is inspired by the glamour and opulence of 1960s Hollywood cinema in juxtaposition to her lower middle class Appalachian upbringing. Using imagery of bright glittery interiors, the female form, and abstractions of reality, she hopes to transport you through her memory and provide commentary on the experience of young women growing up in the over-saturated media of today’s world. 

Sarah Landmesser is a senior from Greenville, South Carolina and an artist currently working in Athens, Georgia focused on textile design and abstraction. She is passionate about color, pattern and focuses both on delving into textile design and fine art. Through her textiles, she incorporates her love for painting and vibrant color, particularly pink. Landmesser will receive both her BFA in Fabric Design and a BBA in Marketing in May of 2023. 

Gallery
Bridge Gallery
Exhibition Duration
October 20, 2022 - November 17, 2022