We are all raised on very specific types of stories. Those of heroism
and triumph, those of valor and beauty. Fortitude, honor, perseverance,
love. Stories to bolster our passion and enrich our spirit, told to
inspire and uplift. Tales that, through their fantasy, inevitably become
improbable ideals and impractical touchstones. Rare standards when
compared to truth. Instead, we have exchanged... [read more]

We are all raised on very specific types of stories. Those of heroism
and triumph, those of valor and beauty. Fortitude, honor, perseverance,
love. Stories to bolster our passion and enrich our spirit, told to
inspire and uplift. Tales that, through their fantasy, inevitably become
improbable ideals and impractical touchstones. Rare standards when
compared to truth. Instead, we have exchanged knights in shining armor for
Apocalyptic horsemen, fair princess-maidens for damaged harlots, and
magical kingdoms for flooded cities. Happy endings for sad realities.

“Tragédie” explores stories of melancholy. Inspired by history and
fiction, Louis N. LaPierre and Sanithna Phansavanh reinterpret narratives
through drawings and paintings.

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Louis N. LaPierre arranges paint on paper to depict contemporary
wastelands mixed with the mundane human existence that fosters our
surrounding's continuous state of flux. It is an exploration into bitter
happiness and sweet despair. Diving into utter realities and the joys of
being left in the dark. In the end it is a search into finding comfort in
the uncomfortable, a constant struggle to search out truth when there is
no clear truth insight.

Sanithna Phansavanh is an artist living and working in Atlanta, Georgia.
His figurative work explores the romance and sorrow of the human
condition, particularly the core elements of life, death, and longing.
Each piece, in oil, acrylic, or graphite, contributes to a continuing
narrative that attempts to define a personal struggle with creation,
existence, and permanence. He likes building sofa forts on Sunday mornings
and really, really dislikes mosquitoes. Like, really.