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Email PageDreamsicle
July 10, 2008- July 31, 2008
Reception: July 10, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sharon Weiner
Allen Gallery
547 W 27th St Sharon Weiner Touch |
Weiner's abstract work is remarkable in its ability to give a sense of depth and to create a contained, mysterious environment. Her work is an illusion of space that is highly imagined and nearly palpable. This suggestion of both a physically charged inner world is created through a complex artistic process. The rounded, organic forms in her pieces take shape in a field of a soft, single color shaded with tones of gray. Weiner works intuitively, with the forms coming from the unconscious. By pouring, spray-gunning, or using an airbrush, layers of black acrylic is applied with sanding done between layers. Shapes are added and eliminated as a tonal background is created. The final result is the illusion of deep space with a smooth glossy surface.
Weiner gathers inspiration from the transcendental tradition from postwar American abstraction. She cites her influences as Mark Rothko, Ross Bleckner, and Philip Taaffe. Her works are born from intense personal experiences which include both conscious and unconscious dynamics. Of her artistic process, Weiner says, "From a family of psychoanalysts, my direct and indirect exposure to the practice of psychoanalysis has been long and sustained, providing me with an unusual awareness of my own consciousness, interaction with the world, and dreams. As a result, I know better than to recount my experience in my art; instead, I give visual form to what experiencing my life feels like - indeed, to what awareness itself, an abstract concept, feels like."
Dreamscicle will be on display July 1st through July 31 with the Opening being Thursday, July 10th from 6 to 8 PM.
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