Artist Joey Fauerso presents The Forest Academy as part of the exhibition Teardowns

In Teardowns, Joey Fauerso presents new work continuing her investigation
of themes of culture, gender, family, and humor as response mechanisims to our
socio-political climate. The exhibition features a 50-foot mural inspired by the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room wallpaper, Views of North America, that she has punctuated with paintings to comment on the destructive and reconstructive natures of humanity. The large scale artwork is presented along with sculpture, video, and performance-based works, including the wooden blocks which have served as both prop and installation elements since Fauerso’s time at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien for the BSC Berlin Residency Program in 2017. The exhibition also integrates Fauerso’s ongoing interest in the ways gender is expressed and defined in Western art and the cognitive
and creative processes of children observed and lived through her parental experiences.