Robin Levy shows us an image of a long horizontal white & red banded strand: LIFELINE #3 (umbilical cord), which is a C print edition (1 of 3). Almost completely abstract at first glance, two thick red bands are stretched over a strand, winding around it like stripes on a candy cane, disappearing left and right. The strand between these bands is very light pink, so faint that it is difficult to differentiate from the white ground engulfing it, fully revealed only by imagination conspiring with the absence implied by the two red bands. The flatness of the image and the texture of the red where present makes this similar to a microscope slide at first undetermined but very beautiful. The half inch thick piece of glass laid over the image seems to preserve it in an attempt to make it more observable. A precious thing, to be revered, elegant in its simple seeming complexity. Powerful in its purpose. Levy’s treatment of composition and the fomal qualities of the almost abstracted image unfolds a mystery, the umbilical cord which lends its purpose to the work in its title: LIFELINE. Read the rest of this entry »
Robin Levy
January 14th, 2009Michelle Dussault
January 14th, 2009At first glance these drawings appear to be randomly, if obsessively, scribbled. Similar to a quick figure drawing, a Cy Twombly rethought as a directional map, or a drawing done with a magical Scribble Pen toy for children. Upon further investigation it reveals itself as a drawing but not, as at first anticipated, of a figure. It is a map but not made by Twombly and these scribbles weren’t made by a toy pen for kids. These map scribbles were made with ink by Michelle Dussault, they are continuous drawings that represent her interpretation of a map drawn in the process of riding the street car, go figure. This map-making in the present of travel explains the quality of the line. She has guided her audience to this conclusion by indicating the names of well known places in New Orleans written at points (like stops) along the line. Read the rest of this entry »
Lory Lockwood
January 14th, 2009This triptych is of an impressive scale, measuring six feet tall and eight feet wide. The three seascape panels are separated horizontally and are titled Chrome and Blue Skies #1, #2, and #3 starting from the top. The images are painted in oil on manipulated digital print. Each image represents the beautiful effect of chrome reflections that distort a bright blue sky above a classic red automobile. Read the rest of this entry »
Jessica Goldfinch
January 14th, 2009At the end of the first hallway on the right on either side of an arched doorway rest two cold cast steel skulls: Cornu Sapiens & Monu Sapiens. They sit on top of black fabric, bordered in lace which hangs over a black pedestal, about three and a half feet from the ground. This display makes these skulls appear important, seeming to replicate a museums installation. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Podesta
January 14th, 2009Alex Podesta presents The Hero. Two boys ride a stuffed rabbit: SUPERSIZED. The giant stuffed animal has the scale of a baby elephant with white fur so soft it could be manufactured by Ty Inc. The rabbit’s extra-long ears are reminiscent of the Disney character Dumbo and hang to its feet, although the overall aesthetic more closely approximates something found in Japanese anime. Read the rest of this entry »