THE DAILY SUN
April 13, 2007 — June 03, 2007
April 13th — June 3rd 2007
Opening Reception: April 13th 7-10pm
Brooklyn Fire Proof is pleased to present THE DAILY SUN, an installation of sculptural works by Stacy Fisher. Fisher’s handmade sculptures are the result of a process of collecting shapes and surfaces from the existing world to make hybrid forms. They are a blend of active and passive viewing, highlighting details and relationships as subject matter.
Inspired by tales of legendary figures like Perseus, and the 1984 arcade game “Paperboy”, THE DAILY SUN presents fragments from stories like props on a stage. By mixing the old with the new, Fisher melds objects from ancient myths or mysteries into suburban look-a-likes. Subjects emerge from sculpted stone while other works use raw materials such as concrete and clay to add to the hybrid make-up.
In the video game “Paperboy”, the player’s objectives are to successfully deliver newspapers to subscribing customers or vandalize the homes of non-subscribers while riding a bike along a given route and avoiding obstacles along the way. After all lives are lost, the player gets a review in the paper and either “calls it quits” or is depicted as a hero. Works in THE DAILY SUN explore similarities between ancient relics and everyday objects through overlapping metaphors of life’s quests and struggles. Whether slaying Medusa or delivering a paper, Fisher’s sculptural interest lies in objects that line the course of the path.
In the project space, Jessica Dickinson will present an artist’s book titled “What Remains After A Fire?” Inspired by the epic nature of illuminated manuscripts, it is an approximately fifty-paged hand bound book that creates a fragmented narrative that chronicles an extended sequence of time and change. Using gouache and pencil, the drawings range from the immediate to the contemplative as they shift between recognition, abstraction, urgency and intimacy. For this exhibition, twelve drawings from the beginning of the book will be removed and installed as a frieze. The book will be displayed for viewers to page through.
Stacy Fisher has exhibited at the Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn Fire Proof, and, Samson Projects among others. She received her BFA from The Ohio State University and was a resident at The Vermont Studio Center. This is her first New York solo exhibition. Jessica Dickinson’s paintings have been exhibited at ZieherSmith, Andrew Kreps and Lombard-Freid Projects in New York, among others, including a recent solo exhibition at Bas Fisher Invitational in Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach, 2006.