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January 5, 2006- February 4, 2006
Alejandro Avakian, Dana Boussard, Rachel Friedberg, Judy Glantzman, Grace Knowlton, Sarah Merry, Jonna Pederson, Sophia Petrides, Ping Qiu, Michael Ryan, Nina Yankowitz
Heidi Cho Gallery
522 W 23rd StThe Heidi Cho Gallery takes great pleasure in presenting, To the Moon Alice…, an exhibition of eleven artists each with a singular vision but somehow related. As technology becomes more intrusive, it becomes increasingly more important to this writer to see the indelible imprint made by the artists' hand.
Expressive gesture and pure color informs the work of Alejandro Avakian. The color is boldly slashed across his canvas. The work is charged with a rawness and a pending urgency
" From my Montana studio on the Flathead Indian Reservation I can see the Mission Mountains…" says artist Dana Boussard. She begins with a quick sketch of an idea, sometimes a detailed colored drawing. A narrative is created with layered meaning.
A consistent vocabulary of personal yet culturally relevant signs inhabits the textures encaustic paintings of Rachel Friedberg. Friedberg's surfaces are rich and translucent.
In Judy Glantzman's work, the portrait provides the vehicle for luscious, painterly painting often spontaneous, sometimes worked and re-worked
The sphere has attracted Grace Knowlton for thirty years. She has rendered it in mediums ranging from ceramics to cement. The sphere is seen by the artist as a metaphor for herself, a perception that began with her pregnancy.
In Sarah Merry's small but important paintings form and color are key. They are landscapes bisected by natural elements. They flow like rivers and streams. Painterly surfaces are evident.
It is no coincidence that Jonna Pederson works in many directions, also in terms of her materials. She makes collages and she works with the textures of many different materials, including fabrics and wallpaper – and then she returns to painting.
"…Sophia Petrides' work, which deals with memory , looks like what you'd get if you married Piero Manzoni and Meret Oppenheim – new and yet absolutely classical, still and meditative, silent in its witnesses, and full of light…" Joan Snyder, Artnews, March 1997.
Ping Qiu is a Chinese artist that resides in Berlin. The rubber gloves which she sections and sews in serial fashion, continue to serve as the main theme of her work. Fingers are sewn together so that they resemble crabs or spiders.
The work of Michael Ryan is informed by geometric form and lush surfaces. The artist's choice of material is important. Ryan employs stencil, newspaper and encaustic to build up his rich surfaces.
Architecture is a strong component in the work of Nina Yankowitz. Frequently she makes shelter structures, as seen in 'Cloud House' because it is versatile and adaptable to the creative demands of her concepts.
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show
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