LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present That Which Animates, an exhibition of figurative drawings and paintings from visual artists Curt LeMieux and Marley Van Peebles. The art depicts anthropomorphic and celestial entities as well as people, animals, and insects. LeMieux and Van Peebles push and pull figuration in unexpected directions. Both artists prod the depths of corporeal experience; creating expressive representations of bodies in motion and of lives lived. Eyes bulge. Digits bloat. Arms and legs lunge. Tails droop or stand erect. Bodies are not stationary. They buckle and fold. They twist and contort. They twitch and quiver. They ooze and exfoliate. Bodies are dynamic. Legs kick. Arms embrace. Tongues prattle. Hair is coiffed. A man holds a dog tight to his chest. Two people with spotted craniums sit and think. A venomous spider appears in sprawling repose. A little monkey swings and a tiger gingerly steps forward. ~ Curtis LeMieux