Skylight Gallery NYC
538 West 29th Street, Second floor, 212-629-3131 x248
Chelsea
February 23 - March 30, 2012
Reception: Thursday, February 23, 6 - 9 PM
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Still Spot works on paper, photography, sound, video, installation, sculpture curated by Jaanika Peerna
An international exhibit of varying media from Japan, Germany, Korea, Australia, the United States, Czech Republic, Cayman Islands, Estonia, Japan, Switzerland and Belgium, Still Spot is a group show of thirteen artists, who offer works that are quiet at first look, but upon closer inspection will reveal intensity of either technique, material, or affect. These diverse practices include labor-intensive precise cuts in paper, hundreds of magazine eyes behind a translucent vellum veil, rock-hard slate that has been filed down meticulously against its nature, and tiny five-inch square drawings that are so intricate that they are at the very limits of our ability to see. At the other extreme is a room-size installation where we stand in the midst of hundreds of nine-foot high skinny strips of paper, so we become lost in the white quietude. This totality of works is assembled to bring the gallery visitor into a “still spot” in the midst of dynamic Manhattan, a momentary oasis in the center of our busy lives.
artists:
Jaq Belcher Dianne Bowen Hedwig Brouckaert Chunghee Han Bendel Hydes Margot Kask Michael Kukla Jeesoo Lee Oyama Enrico Isamu Letter Gius Provenzänd Lasse-Marc Riek Viviane Rombaldi Seppey Annette Solakoglu