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Almost Made It<\/em> by Jody Fausett and Sharon Shapiro
11″x14″; collage on paper; 2025. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You Kissed Me First<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

at The Pollinator Art Space in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
27 February-10 April 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“You Kissed Me First” presents collaborative works by painter Sharon Shapiro and photographer Jody Fausett. The exhibition features fifty spare, poetic collages that delve into themes of desire, gender, and identity, shaped by the artists\u2019 Southern childhoods\u2014Fausett\u2019s in rural Georgia and Shapiro\u2019s in southern West Virginia. These works bridge the realms of eroticism and violence, exposing the underbelly of late 20th-century America\u2019s aspirational culture with its fixation on youth, beauty, and wealth. While Fausett primarily works in photography and Shapiro in painting, their turn to collage becomes a vehicle for exploration\u2014dissecting and reassembling memory and dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do the Drapes Match the Carpet?<\/em> by Jody Fausett and Sharon Shapiro
14″x11″; collage on paper; 2025. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Their collaboration, which began during a residency at the Virginia Center for the Arts, reflects a shared perspective: that of adolescents on the brink of maturity, captivated by cinema and magazines. The resulting works weaponize the idea of the \u201ccut up\u201d, dissembling bodies and objects and recombining them into an erotics of absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(text adapted by material provided by the artist)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Pollinator Art Space<\/strong>
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Atlanta, Georgia 30318 USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COLLAGE ON VIEW You Kissed Me First at The Pollinator Art Space in Atlanta, Georgia, USA27 February-10 April 2025 “You Kissed Me First” presents collaborative works by painter Sharon Shapiro and photographer Jody Fausett. The exhibition features fifty spare, poetic…<\/p>\n

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