The Sky is Mine and Always Has Been
Artist: Sasha December
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24” x 18”
Artist: Sasha December
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24” x 18”
Artist: Sasha December
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24” x 18”
About the Exhibition
Salon 21 inaugurated its new space at 52 Greene Street with a salon-style group exhibition. Curated by founder Alex Bass, the exhibition was a celebration of the creativity of emerging talent from across North America and the United Kingdom. The artists selected for participation in the group show take cues from art history at large, working in a variety of mediums ranging from oil paint to ceramics.
About the Artist
Sasha December's paintings explore the societal pressures she grappled with as a young girl, including femininity, popularity, self-fulfillment, and loneliness; all while embodying a sense of ownership over the past and a hopeful outlook towards the future. With settings that are callbacks to her childhood, she brings to life what she wants to see and feel, through places she’s both felt at peace and wishes she had had during times where she didn’t.
The merging of December’s two worlds – both imaginative and real – creates an ultimate fantasy that she can use to rewrite her past, present, and future. The work presents a journey of understanding that one’s search for happiness, fulfillment, and perfection, necessitates writing your own path.
