Taking Candy From a Baby
A Summer Group Show
June 13, 2008 — July 20, 2008
catharine ahearn
irina arnaut
joe denardo
jay davis
charles harlan
caitlan keogh
rebecca kolsrud
ryan reihle
anna rosen
dan kopp
special project — derrick wilson
While mining memory -both personal and collective- is nothing new the way we mediate and process has evolved dramatically. The loose connection between real nostalgia and the society's offering of "retro" fashion/culture has mutated our idea of true memory. This collection of artists offers a variety of means and mediums through which to see these changes.
Catharine Ahearn makes oil paintings depicting a mix of contemporary pop images compounded with 70's nostalgia. Her work resurrects forgotten figures and pokes fun at the society that once celebrated them. Anna Rosen mimics the processes of the abstract expressionists -whilst polluting their philosophical agenda with pointed preferentiality.
Both Ryan Reihle and Joe Denardo use collage to construct images that point to the reverence to past archetypes. Whether it be 60's psychedelia or the brash design of Soviet 80's — the collection of images form unique emotional responses.
The facade is literally the subject of Charles Harlan's work. The suburb home is reprocessed through cheap siding and home monitoring video equipment. His large installation uncurls the layers of detachment we forget about daily.
Rebecca Kolsrud's paintings look like you are peering through the distance of time. The loose edges and intentional muddy character evoke the fog of memory.
In the work of Dan Kopp a sinister mood seems to be more mocking than threatening, reminding one more of the situations that surround the sightings of a poltergeist than the entity itself.
Though in markedly different ways Irina Arnaut and Caitlin Keogh both create paintings with a distinctly feminine character. They pry loose the weird responses we have towards intimacy with drawings and paintings
The hard edges of Jay Davis' work might remind one of the graphic style of something straight out of the Fillmore East, but the presence of his iconography of everyday bric-a-brac underscores a more personal experience.
In addition to the gallery is pleased to present a project by Derrick Wilson of recent work.
Special Thanks to Dan Kopp and Becky Kolsrud for curating the show.
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