About

Sonnenberg’s latest body of work, created in the shadow of the election of Donald Trump, poses a question: Will we surrender to the dark times or will we rise up and move forward? He explores this question, as well as life and death, facades, and the emergence of the queer body through a contemporary Baroque lens that is simultaneously divine and decaying. Sonnenberg kiln-fires layers of porcelain with everyday objects and memorials: flowers, chandeliers, woven baskets, tombstones, and totems, and this exhibit also includes two personal self-portraits; one embroidered, and one photographed.

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