Margaret Evangeline
William Brovelli
January 10 - February 14, 2009
DrawingPainting features the work of seven artists who mine the territory between the classical definition of drawing and painting. In general, these are not loose works of art. The work by these artists share a sense of consistency, meticulousness and meditative rhythm. Their media varies from the most traditional graphite and ink to the less conventional mushroom spores. Included in the exhibition are works by Moon Beom, William Brovelli, Paul Glabicki, Yukiko Kobayashi, Sarah Leahy, Diane Samuels and Jim Toia.
Sharp lines created with a grease pen agitate the surface of Moon Beom’s works on mylar. Shapes are transformed into unexpected landscapes. The overall effect is an intriguing geography of fragmented memories and endless imagination.
Yukiko Kobayashi also draws on elements of nature and life. Although there are identifiable forms, her overall imagery can represent anything depending upon the viewer’s interpretation.
Paul Glabicki transcribes each page of a 1930s Japanese accounting ledger as a foundation and underlying structure to create new images. Layered over each transcribed page are maps, calendars, counting systems, etc. – bits of incoming daily information.
Drawing minute circles with a very fine pen, Diane Samuels spends months mapping small sections of her alley on handmade Abaca paper. Ultimately the work demonstrates a microscopic way of seeing and creating rooted in patience.
Sarah Leahy repeatedly sands and applies an ink wash on a clear sheet of plexiglass to build up to an image embedded in the surface. Slightly blurred and intimate, she transforms her subject from the specific to the familiar.
William Brovelli produces hundreds of thousands of hand drawn figures in his project that charts the brain’s resistance to repetition. The artist uses Kierkegard’s ‘Either/Or’ philosophy as a literary reference to comment on an individual’s illusory right to choose and commitment.
Jim Toia removes himself from the formal art making process as much as possible. He positions mushrooms on paper while waiting for their spores to drop. His intent is to allow chance to help define the outcome by leaving a great deal up to fate and circumstance.
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