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Email PageGood & Evil
October 10, 2006- November 11, 2006
Reception: October 12, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Gloria Garfinkel
Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art
525 W 29th StNew Paintings by Gloria Garfinkel.
Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art (PSCA) announces the opening of “Good & Evil”, nine new acrylic on wood paintings by New York artist Gloria Garfinkel. Each of the paintings includes a door which conceals an artist’s book of digital photographs inspired by her travels in Bali. The exhibition is complemented by a scholarly essay by critic and artist Joe Fyfe.
The exhibition will be on view from October 10 through November 11, 2006. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, October 12, from 6 – 9 PM.
“Good & Evil” alludes to the Hindu – Buddhist belief system where good exists simultaneously with evil within all persons. One is both not just capable of good or evil, but is both good and evil. It is up to the person to focus on the good and to mitigate against evil impulses.
This juxtaposition of diametrically opposed sentiments is captured in the artist’s works in a striking way: she had specially designed wood surfaces built that would normally be a 32 inch square; this she bisected diagonally and shifted by approximately one inch. In the center of each support is a door which conceals a compartment that houses an artist’s book with an essay and digital imagery that sets a social “good” image against a social “evil” image in 10 pairings. The front of the paintings are in vibrant Balinese colors in a geometric pattern reminiscent of the cloth that is draped around sculptures of deities in Bali.
Garfinkel, who is represented by PSCA, has had a number of solo shows this year at other venues, including the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center (the “Secrets” paintings), Brattleboro VT; The Lab Gallery (the “Obi” series), New York NY; and The Durst Organization, New York NY, and at Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY. The later show, which comprises four bodies of related works exploring her “Outdoor Paintings” will be reviewed in the November issue of ARTnews magazine.
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