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Jeff Ladouceur, Idiot Wind

ZieherSmith
516 West 20th Street, 212-229-1088
Chelsea
October 18 - November 18, 2006
Reception: Wednesday, October 18, 6 - 8 PM
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24 new drawings, a separate suite of works on antique paper, and a view of the artist’s sketchbooks comprise Jeff Ladouceur’s second New York solo exhibition entitled Idiot Wind. Embodying the artist’s distinctive mix of melancholy and humor, the new works are as devastating and enchanting as ever. His fine lines recede in infinite minutia, offset by the artist’s smudged erasures and intentional pentimenti, thinly veiled by layers of white wash.

Ladouceur’s familiar figures, including cascades of tiny elephants and a bulbous race of cloud people, find themselves in tragic new quandaries, and the fantastical scenarios are intimate and compelling. About his work, the artist has said: “I’m not making a comment; it’s more like an emotional snapshot, little scenes. It’s just coming from the back of my head to my fingers, and then at times, there is an idea or disjointed narrative, but that’s open to interpretation. I keep mine to myself.” (Juxtapoz Magazine, Spring 2005).

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