Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville (TSA GVL) artist collective is excited to present new works by Claire Whitehurst and Taylor Loftin in our next exhibition, salt lick in the windowsill. Composed of recent small paintings and ceramic works, the show explores an interplay of colors, imagery, and forms deeply rooted in the shared Southern experiences of the artists. Raised in Mississippi, the artists weave a collective narrative that serves as a meditation:  a contemplative exploration of the transient beauty and underlying tension inherent in Southern environments. Nature infests, abundantly growing over and hiding the underlying structures of the landscape, similar to the artists’ upbringing navigating social realities. Seeking transcendence, the exhibition presents the South through an otherworldly lens: imposing and beautiful. 

About the Artists

Claire Whitehurst (b. 1991, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a painter, printmaker and ceramic sculptor with a BFA from the University of Mississippi and an MFA from the University of Iowa.  Her work pulls from the landscape and atmosphere of the deep South, exploring queer space, memory and intimacy through color, form, and material. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, and her work has been featured in numerous publications including New American Paintings, and Oxford American, and the Graphite Journal in collaboration with the Hammer Museum. Currently, she lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Taylor Loftin (b.1993, Jackson Mississippi) is primarily a painter with a BFA from Memphis College of Art and an MFA from the University of Arkansas. Loftin approaches art making as an opportunity to re-examine his relationships to love, labor, familial and cultural histories, masculinity, religion, and art. He is a 2019 alum of the Skowhegan School of Painting & Drawing and has been a resident at the Wassaic Project in New York and Stove Works in Chattanooga. He is also the recipient of the 2020 William & Dorothy Yeck Award for Young Painters. Loftin currently lives and works in Water Valley, MS.