HELEN SLATER AS SUPERGIRL: Craig Drennen
February 11, 2005 — March 12, 2005
Helen Slater As Supergirl
Craig Drennen : Paintings, Drawings, and Multiples
February 11 March 12, 2005
Opening Reception February 11, 8 11 PM
10 PM Live Music Opening Night Featuring 18
Helen Slater as Supergirl, is Craig Drennens first solo exhibition in New York City. The exhibition consists of paintings, drawings, and sculptural multiples all based on the 1984 movie Supergirl. Drennen organizes his entire artistic practice around Supergirl, which starred Helen Slater in the title role. It allows Drennen the opportunity to comment on the ascendancy of film from the vantage point of traditional media, and to refer to a subject that is familiar to everyone, but not truly known by anyone.
Drennens workmore conceptual than popinvolves paired components that challenge handmade art as a unique object, while simultaneously relying on artistic accomplishment. Drennen references Supergirl primarily through the information given in the credits: producer, director, cast list, and technical information. Drennen writes this information on simple notebook paper then re-draws (or re-paints) both the front and back of the notebook paper on two separate supports to create a related pair. The pieces are not diptychs; each member of the pair is a separate piece, in the tradition of Rauchenbergs Factum I and Factum II.
The works in this show were made at the Vermont Studio Center; the Triangle Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY; The Lacoste School of the Arts in Provence, France; and at the artists studio in Savannah, GA.
10 PM Live Music Opening Night Featuring 18, the Brooklyn-based band with a potent mix of music for your kundalini. 18 is Bob, Derrick, Tucker and Boss.
Midnight After Party at M Shanghai Bistro, 129 Havemeyer Street bet. Grand and S. 1st, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211 t 718 384 9300