Paige Kleinfelder - Paintings

https://hemkestudio.com/

Paige Hemke is best known for her intricate oil paintings and typography driven linoleum prints of abandoned structures in America’s Rust Belt. Hemke has exhibited throughout the US including a solo show at Crary Art Gallery in Warren, PA and participation in group exhibitions at The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, MD; Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs, NY; Vestige Concept Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA; and Elmira College in Elmira, NY (where she received her BA in studio art and was awarded the Elizabeth Anne Graham Prize). Her work is part of several private collections. In addition to her own practice, she is a passionate educator teaching classes The Hoyt Center for the Arts (where she works as the Assistant Education Coordinator). Paige Hemke lives and works in New Castle, Pennsylvania.

The subjects of my current work are abandoned buildings and structures that I view as the physical memories of the cities in which they are located. Memory is selective and never as exact as the actual event, but are still present and embraced. Likewise, these buildings are no longer pristine or functioning, yet remain present and part of the urban environment.

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