The body serves as a space for exploration in the works of the NYC-based artist, Gina Kropf. Her work is informed by the therapeutic effect of creativity in response to certain traumas to the body. Her orientation towards creativity reflects Bergson’s assertion that it is a force which is fundamental to the continuity of life:
"Thick strokes of color from a pallet knife echo the process of my mind trying to soothe itself as the unsolicited unearthing of emotional and psychological residue from decades of eating disorders, alcoholism, and the body fetishism of the 1980’s in a patriarchal southern culture; the endless searching for comfort by beating down, hiding away, drowning.
Kropf was born in Raleigh, NC, where she began her career in photography. She earned herBFA at Meredith College and is currently pursuing her MFA.
