May 14 through July 2, 2005

Schomburg Gallery is pleased to present "Roots and Wings," featuring paintings by Phoebe Sarason.

In "Roots and Wings", Los Angeles artist Phoebe Sarason explores the ideas of planting one's own new roots while digging up vestiges of the old family tree. These vibrant, finely tuned oil paintings combine organic, sensuous curves, voluptuous abstracted bulbs and, at times, mysterious and whimsical inhabitants. Inspired by travels to China and the Tibetan Plateau, with traces of Georgia O'Keefe and Salvador Dali, Ms. Sarason's paintings evoke a dreamlike setting, both beautiful and frightening. An old Chinese proverb says "Give your children two things - Roots and Wings". Ms. Sarason's paintings search for both.

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