WHEN YOU LOOK AT one of Zoey Frank’s complex figurative scenes, it’s impossible not to feel part of the action. Take Wedding, for example: the bride and groom’s hora dance is in mid-flow as granny watches on vicariously, a pigtailed bridesmaid steals a slice of cake and a drunk uncle passes out across a table nearby.
It’s the sort of celebration we’ve all been to before and, with no one person stealing the limelight, it’s easy for an observer to imagine being there, filling in the blanks with their own recollections of special occasions.
Evoking a similar sense of nostalgia is the artist’s series of poolside paintings, where all generations of a family gather in bathing suits on a hot
