Chain-Reaction is a collection of mixed media work by Alice Marie Perreault that was triggered from a cascade of neurological events, resulting in severe brain damage to her newborn. When nothing was available to reverse the devastating outcome, Perreault began teaching herself about the neurological, physiological and psychological aspects of this altered state of being. Perreault’s art practice was simultaneously impacted by this domino.

In this collection, you will see an over-lapping evolution of work, both new and previously shown, from different time periods that include drawings, paintings and mixed media. The latter appropriates Perreault’s use of medical supplies utilized in her daily caretaking role as the mother of a fully dependent son, who is now a young adult. Her reaction to this new reality, inevitably lead Perreault to integrate what she produces in her studio, with what she uses to maintain and sustain her son’s life. She does this with meticulous attention to detail and her presentation plays into the cyclical nature of memory and time.
 
See Chain-Reaction at Hoyt Gallery on the USC Health and Sciences Campus of the Keck School of Medicine from October 22, 2019- January, 2020. A panel discussion with the artist and Dr. Debra Waters-Roman will be mediated by Ted Meyer on October 23 from noon- 1:00 in the USC Keck School of Medicine Auditorium.
 
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