Jacqueline Ehlis Visual Art Source
The works, all created between 2015 and 2017, offer a veritable master class in how to combine disparate media into satisfyingly incongruous wholes. The installation on the gallery’s south wall is especially gonzo, with dozens of paintings and reflective surfaces ascending in lines and curves to the ceiling. The exhibition’s title is an esoteric Patti Smith reference — apropos given that Ehlis’ oeuvre, like that of fellow UNLV alum Tim Bavington, has an inherent musicality: jaunty optical rhythms in complex counterpoint, invigorating verging on frenetic, singing in the sweet spot between the sensual and the conceptual.