Marianne Vitale, recognized for her sculpture, is currently exhibiting five new paintings at the gallery. The show is on view through Saturday, September 24. ‘Someday, someone will get exactly what Vitale was on about with these barbaric beauties, hybrids of floating butterflies and murder hornets. We can understand it on a somatic level, we can feel our eyes’ desire for some quiet prettiness but also our guts’ inability to stifle the screams. You hear people talking about a return to normalcy, and you can’t help but ask — Was it really ever normal in the first place? Anyone who says they understand today is misguided or mistaken. As Vitale’s work unclearly shows, the only thing to put any faith in is stabs in the dark.‘ - David Coleman Excerpt from text on Marianne Vitale’s exhibition at The Journal Gallery #mariannevitale #thejournalgallery #thetenniselbow