Kim Dingle & the Wild Girls presents a survey of Dingle's work with particular emphasis on her rambunctious and sometimes violent alter-egos, Priss and the Wild Girls. Priss and the Wild Girls are modeled after Wadow Dingle, the artist's niece. Born with brain damage, Wadow was prone to violent outbursts as a child. In one way or another, and often with immense, dark humor, Dingle's art illuminates the role that race, gender, stereotype, and myth play in defining identity.

Curated by Jo-Ann Conklin
image: Hatchet, 1998