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Desire for the Intimate Deity

March 13, 2008- April 12, 2008

Reception: March 13, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Dianne Blell

Charles Cowles Gallery

537 W 24th St

The Charles Cowles Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition of work by Dianne Blell. These mixed media works are strong expressions of intimacy and desire that Blell creates by combining painting and photography. The themes of desire and the pursuit of love have driven Blell’s work since the early 1970’s through the vehicles of fashion advertising, Greco-Roman mythology and Art History. This current series explores the archetypal stages of courtship and the pursuit of love utilizing the iconic elements of Hindu Folklore and the love story of Rada & Krishna. In her words:

As an aspect of the divine is universally and subconsciously embodied in every individual's personal concept of the ideal, I have ... conveyed the profound nature of intimacy as it would be if love were an act of divinity and a result of our innate quest and yearning for the ideal union.

Donald Kuspit writes in the essay, “Art History, Desire, Beauty: Dianne Blell's Photo-Tableaus,” accompanying the catalogue:

The structure of the composition establishes an ideal space in which perfect love is possible. It is a love between beings perfect in their own way, yet needing each other to consummate their perfection and confirm their ideality. In Blell's ... art the male and female figures, however ostensibly different, are always in harmonious balance, and thus enduringly in union.

Dianne Blell lives and works in New York City. Her work has been featured in many solo exhibitions at such venues as the Krannert Art Museum at he University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; the Los Angeles Institute for Contemporary Art, California; the Houston Center for Photography, Texas; Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; Robert Stefanotti Gallery, New York; John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco. She received her BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

There will be a catalogue accompanying the exhibition.

Books and DVDs related to artists in this show

Location   Gallery Charles Cowles Gallery Address 537 W 24th St New York (Chelsea) NY, 10011 United States Phone 212-741-8999 Fax 212-741-6222 Hours Tue-Sat 10-6

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