Pill Time, Ladies

Post author By Keith Miller
Post date May 2, 2020

By Matias Alvial (Gallatin BA’19)

Painting and mixed media of things stuck to a board including bananas, stickie notes, and a man taking a selfie. — Mixed media on board, 30 x 20 in (76.2 x 50.8 cm)

“Pill Time, Ladies” is a self-portrait that tracks my progress on antidepressants. It is a work that celebrates the possibility of getting better, hints at the fear of drug dependence, and dramatizes my mania (for instance, the euphoric feelings of thankfulness and overconfidence).

Read more about the creative process here IG: @matialvial

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Land Acknowledgement The Gallatin Galleries is located on the traditional territory of the Lenni-Lenape, called “Lenapehoking.” The Lenape People lived in this territory in harmony for thousands of years. During the colonial era and early federal period, many were removed, but some also remain among the historical tribal communities of the region. We acknowledge the Lenni-Lenape as the original people of this land and their continuing relationship with their territory and we affirm the aspiration of the Lenape Chief Tamanend, that there be harmony between the Indigenous people of this land and the descendants of the immigrants to this land.