About

Rooted in dirt and flesh and water and light, Jacqueline Shatz and Margaret R. Thompson make art about transmutable states of being and intention. Narratives of energetic presence, fluidity, and symbolism proliferate: figurative beings shape-shift, dance and meld with objects and spaces humming with personification. The title of their two-person exhibition at Tyger Tyger Gallery, Eidolon, is an ancient term derived from Greek -oeidēs “form” but it sounds like it could be a location in a work of science fiction. Early meanings included “mental image”, “appearance”, and “reflection” (as in a …