Saying sorry won’t save you

Madeline Brice

October 4 - October 30, 2024
907 Christian Street, Philadelphia PA 19147

Opening Reception: Friday, October 4, 2024

Blah Blah presents saying sorry won’t save you, a solo exhibition by Madeline Brice. saying sorry won’t save you is about perception and self-conception at its core, but it’s also about maternal instinct and car dealerships and big bright red nipples.

sorry, I’m not myself today, I’m trying not to die.

sorry, mother. sorry, body. sorry, world.

sorry, I’m attempting harmony, admitting fault even though I’ve done nothing wrong.

sorry, I’m seeking refuge, splitting the self, three for three.

sorry, i actually didn't mean anything i just said and was merely trying to please you. did it work?

sorry is not your savior.

When viewing this body of work, I ask that you don’t view it with a holistic narrative in mind, although perhaps one could be drawn. Instead, I ask that you view each piece as its own moment in time, past, present, or future; inspired by a multitude of feelings and thoughts and sorries.

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Madeline Brice (b. 1992) is a Kansas City, Missouri based visual artist. She earned both her BFA in Painting (2015) and a BA in Art History (2018) from Missouri State University. This year she was selected to be featured in New American Paintings, No. 173, Midwest Issue. She was also selected to attend The Moosey Residency, a month-long intensive artist residency based in Norwich, UK,  Ranch Residency, a two week residency near Ojo, New Mexico, as well as the Interurban Arthouse Residency, a year-long residency based in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2023 she was a selected recipient of the Inspiration Grant from ArtsKC and the Lighton International Exchange Program Award. Additionally, she was a finalist for the 2023 Visual Artist Award with Charlotte Street Foundation. In 2021, she was featured in Sotheby's Institutes' Made in Bed magazine as an emerging artist to know. And in 2020, she was a recipient of a Charlotte Street Foundation Rocket Grant.