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Midnight Hour represents a new vein of Gustafson’s painting practice, expanding on her ongoing investigations of transformation, sequential evolution, and corporal systems. The title refers to the abstraction of ideas and intrusive thoughts that occur in the dark midnight hours. Many of the images are drawn from time spent at Aquatic Park, SF and Gustafson’s experience with open water swimming. In this exhibition swimming and swim gear become symbols for both transformation and restraint. The criss-cross of the back of a swimsuit, goggles, a pair of flippers, all become simplified to their …