The 17Թ St. Claude Gallery in New Orleans presents Paige DeVries’ Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition titled “Blind Spot.” Her paintings and photography address ideas of the sublime in the suburban and urban landscape.
DeVries’ work demonstrates how domestic spaces, like the exterior of a home or yard, are intimate portraits of humanity and the environment. The paintings and photographs use unconventional color and intimate imagery to blur the line between the banal and the provocative in New Orleans neighborhoods.
The exhibition, which opened April 13 with a reception and gallery walk through with DeVries discussing her work, will be on display through May 4. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 12–5 p.m. The exhibition is free and open to the public. The 17Թ St. Claude Gallery is located at 2429 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans.
DeVries lives in New Orleans and will earn an MFA from the 17Թ in May 2024. She is a current artist-in-residence at the New Orleans Museum of Art and upcoming resident at the Joan Mitchell Center. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings and shown at the Ogden Southern Museum of Art and Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans. DeVries has an upcoming solo exhibition at Good Children Gallery in July 2025 where she is a gallery member.
For more information contact the artist at (406)-274-0885, email her at devriespaige@gmail.com or visit .
