{"id":541,"date":"2002-03-16T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2002-03-16T22:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i81.a52.mywebsitetransfer.com\/?p=541"},"modified":"2010-06-30T12:54:36","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T19:54:36","slug":"emily-orling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"Emily Orling, infant paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>March 16-April 14, 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing Bad Has Happened\u00a012″ x 16″ pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily Orling<\/a>‘s paintings place babies in reddish-brown mucus, referencing the womb. Even her babies in bathtubs draw on the idea of the womb as comfort, or its lack. Separation creates intense loneliness. These feelings scream out of Orling’s work. Though babies often symbolize innocence, Orling shows how they only care about their individualized surroundings, without being self-indulgent, but without awareness of others. Selfish adult emotions here poignantly parallel infant innocence. Emotions have taken over body and mind and pushed the world away. These beings reach out for something lost, they curl up in fear, or they cry out in despair. The work is so raw it makes you want to turn away, embarrassed for looking at all. It also makes you want to stay and stare. Orling’s paintings speak to anyone who has ever gotten lost in their emotions. Life here is separation, an inevitable process occurring since birth. Her figures are highly abstracted, yet remarkably, vividly accurate.\u00a0-Maria Villafranca<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Hands by the Face <\/span>2000 <\/span> 9″ x 12″ <\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nothing’s Ruined<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span> 9″ x 12″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Push<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>12″ x 13″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Nothing Bad Has Happened<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>12″ x 16″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Something is Missing<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>12″ x 16″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Run<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>14″ x 18″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Barely Ready<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>16″ x 20″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Going to Happen?<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>18″ x 22″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

The First Separation<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>18″ x 23″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a Baby<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>20″ x 36″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

A Huge Start<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>22″ x 26″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Birth is Separation<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>24″ x 36″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>pen and shellac on\u00a0canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Possibility to Ruin<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>12″ x 14″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil and shellac\u00a0on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Can’t Stand<\/span> <\/span><\/span> 2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>24″ x 36″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil and shellac on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alone in a Body<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2001<\/span> <\/span><\/span> 8″ x 10″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Finger Sucker<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>30″ x 40″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Quitter<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>12″ x 17″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Kicking and Screaming<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>16″x 20″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t Leave<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>20″‘ x 20″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Nobody Listens<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>20″ x 27″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Pay Attention<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>27″ x 27″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone’s Afraid<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2000<\/span> <\/span><\/span>44″ x 84″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beautiful Girl<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2002<\/span> <\/span><\/span>8″ x 10″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on vellum<\/span><\/p>\n

Dirty Diaper<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2002<\/span> <\/span><\/span>24″ x 27″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on vellum<\/span><\/p>\n

Dirty Thoughts<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2002<\/span> <\/span><\/span>24″ x 42″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on vellum<\/span><\/p>\n

Bad Circles<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2002<\/span> <\/span><\/span>24″ x 42″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on vellum<\/span><\/p>\n

Not Satisfied<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2002<\/span> <\/span><\/span>24″ x 42″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on vellum<\/span><\/p>\n

Hold Me<\/span> <\/span><\/span>2002<\/span> <\/span><\/span>24″ x 42″<\/span> <\/span><\/span>oil on vellum<\/span><\/p>\n