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For EXPO Chicago 2023, Rebecca Camacho Presents is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new
works by Emily Furr. Titled Heavy Lifting, Furr draws upon her continuing interest in the use of machine imagery to make statements about the human condition. Measuring in contrasts, Furr’s sharp-edged paintings are charged with a sensual, bodiless power. Both forms and the voids that surround them become anthropomorphic metaphors for the body and mind.

Emily Furr (b. 1978, St Louis MO) received her MFA from Hunter College, NY in 2018. In 2019, she was an artist in residence at the Watermill Center, …