Bent
March 1 - 31, 2013
The month of March brings the work of KARI GORDEN and KEN GRAY to the gallery in the exhibition "BENT". Both artists are concerned with the edges of things; the bend, the fold, the place where two surfaces rendezvous. Gray plays with paper-- creasing, tucking, and flipping it, then inking it, running it through a press, or rubbing it down with crayon. These works record the surprisingly dramatic history of what's left behind when his palm lifts away from the fold, or the edge of his fingernail slides away from the paper. Gorden's wax and graphite pieces begin with collaged images of the soft corners and bold angles found in the drapery of El Greco's paintings. Her small works with their dripped, scratched and torched surfaces might be close-ups of a saint's robe or the curl of a lover's lock, and feel slightly clandestine. The larger pieces introduce more color and swirl but remain secretive, nonetheless.
Concurrently, the gallery is excited to feature a site-specific installation in both windows by MATT BUA. The improvised structures are scale models of dwellings based on variations of the lowercase "a" frame (both Tibetan and Japanese), and made from hardwood culled from a debris pile outside Catskill, NY where Bua lives. Matt is currently unearthing an ancient stone civilization in the Catskill region.
Concurrently, the gallery is excited to feature a site-specific installation in both windows by MATT BUA. The improvised structures are scale models of dwellings based on variations of the lowercase "a" frame (both Tibetan and Japanese), and made from hardwood culled from a debris pile outside Catskill, NY where Bua lives. Matt is currently unearthing an ancient stone civilization in the Catskill region.