Duality, dream space, and determination review by Cate McQuaid

 
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Candice Smith Corby's fantasy-and-fairy-tale show, in the back room at Miller Yezerski, makes a lovely counterpoint to Fitch's photos. Corby stirs dreams of centuries past with her materials alone — gold leaf, cochineal ink, and more on parchment. Her surreal, dreamlike imagery often takes on domesticity and feminine identity in ways that blend courage and desire.

In "On the Edge," she draws the seated, mundane bottom half of a woman's body on a green chair; from the waist up, she's a golden castle on a hill. "She Bears the Night With Dreams" turns the tale of Goldilocks on its head, and places a bear cuddled on a star-strewn blue blanket. Or perhaps this is Ursa of the heavens. Either way, beware of waking her up. She might bite.