Christine Garvey's "Parlour Tricks" at Ivester Contemporary, Austin

Key facts

• "Christine Garvey: Parlour Tricks" is on view at Ivester Contemporary in Austin through October 17.
• An artist talk with Christine Garvey will take place at Ivester Contemporary on Thursday, October 8 at 6:00 p.m.
• The exhibition is installed in Ivester Contemporary's Project Space, designed to resemble a domestic parlor room.
• Garvey's work explores female archetypes from Greek and Roman goddesses, biblical figures, and Renaissance dames, and introduces 19th-century stage magic and performance.
• Featured paintings include "Diana / Brace," "Veiled Madonna," "Swamp Mother," and "Night Nest (Blue)."
• "Diana / Brace" depicts the Roman goddess of wild animals and the hunt wearing a spiked white neck brace, with six scales on her abdomen referencing Diana of Ephesus.
• "Night Nest (Blue)" contains the only allusion to offspring in the series: three pink eggs.
• The review connects the exhibition to contemporary discourse on women's health and maternity care, citing the Lindsay Clancy trial, post-Roe v. Wade America, and the University of Texas at Austin's recent elimination of women's, gender studies, and sexuality courses.