Relentless Suggestions

Entrance presents the new solo exhibition of Brianna Lance. Relentless Suggestions opens on the magical and symbolically potent 11/11 on the ground floor exhibition space. Brianna Lance’s poetic and magical paintings reflect the artist’s dual desire to both respond to the world in which she finds herself but also to envision and concretize another realm to which she might escape. They are a visual and emotional response to the chaos, the frenzy and the unsteadiness of our current political, economic and social landscape. Lance captures these sentiments through her use of multiples – many dogs, many horses, many birds-- often depicted running or flying together in a crowded and overlapping manner. She uses seemingly awkward shifts in directionality with animal figures swirling in circles (a nod to the symbolic and spiritual spiral) or moving counter-clockwise, as well as dogs extending their bodies from right to left across the canvas. In this way, Lance not only creates intensity and movement in each scene but also conveys a sense of urgency. And yet within these same works, Lance has also created a world in which she might seek quiet and calm; one that offers a kind of softness and safety in her use of warm, muted colors and in the subtle hints she offers in fruits and florals. She dreams of and makes visible a multi-layered space that references the feminine in the strength of pearls and a feeling of protection in tightly woven braids. This is Lance’s offering to herself and to us as viewers. It is an invitation to not merely hope but to actively imagine a different world. —Isolde Brielmaier, PhD Brianna Lance (b. 1982, San Jose, California) lives and works in New York City. A self-described "hippie at heart," Lance creates visionary watercolor and oil paintings rooted in meditation and spiritual exploration. Her work traverses the symbolic and esoteric, depicting mandalas, ouroboros serpents, and surreal spirals of swan heads and orchids—each a document of her subconscious journey. Lance's practice is defined by the interplay between spontaneous expression and obsessive detail. Working from loose, intuitive bases, she builds intricate layers through repetitive mark-making that induces meditative states, inviting viewers to linger in moments of contemplation. Before dedicating herself fully to painting, Lance worked as a fashion designer, serving as head designer for Reformation (2010-2015) and founding the menswear line Basic Rights. Her work has been featured in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and at Miami Art Week. Solo exhibitions include Needs at Gobi Fine Art/V Files (2023) and Spirit Gardens at Bhalla Art Advisory (2021). Recent collaborations include The Edition Hotels, Ciao Lucia, and The Frankie Shop.

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