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Anonda Bell Bio & Statement
In 1932 Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti created a work titled “The Palace at 4 a.m.” The work references automatic art making techniques and his association with Surrealist artists. The work reads as a dream sequence, a stage like scene, with a suggestive narrative and clues indicating the presence of privileged people engaged in the activities at a luxurious palace in the middle of the night. The ambiguity of the work is enchanting. Born into royalty, the occupants of the palace are free from the drudgery of everyday life and therefore able to indulge their whims, engage in any pleasurable recreational pursuits. "The Suburbs at 4 a.m." explores an idea about the experience of women in the post war era (with resonance in the present day). This series explores the persistent notion that women are somehow passive, fragile and feeble creatures, not unlike children inhabiting the body of an adult. This notion is part of a pervasive belief in gender inequity which continues to lead to the gross underestimation of all women.
Anonda Bell is a New York and New Jersey based artist working in a variety of media, including drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking and installation. Her work engages with ideas about psychology and the motivations, desires and innate qualities of the human mind. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions and solo shows in the United States and Australia. She has a Masters in Fine Arts from Monash University (Australia), a Post Graduate Diploma from University of Melbourne (Australia), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from R.M.I.T. University (Australia) and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and English from the University of Melbourne (Australia). Bell is the Director & Chief Curator of the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University – Newark. Bell received a 2022 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Anonda Bell is a New York and New Jersey based artist working in a variety of media, including drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking and installation. Her work engages with ideas about psychology and the motivations, desires and innate qualities of the human mind. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions and solo shows in the United States and Australia. She has a Masters in Fine Arts from Monash University (Australia), a Post Graduate Diploma from University of Melbourne (Australia), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from R.M.I.T. University (Australia) and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and English from the University of Melbourne (Australia). Bell is the Director & Chief Curator of the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University – Newark. Bell received a 2022 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.