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American Woman
January 16, 2020 – February 22, 2020
Written by Priscilla Frank

In Melissa Brown's “Tower”, an accordioned superstructure teeters on collapse, clip art flames burning its insides. An upside-down woman in knee-high boots and orange hot pants flees the apocalyptic scene as a blonde, white man chases her from behind. The scene wiggles and pops like a computer screen glitching out or a blazing fire spewing gas and spitting sparks.

In Tarot symbology, the Tower card signifies chaos, collapse and destruction. The moment a structure can no longer hold, its ruination clearing way …