The ArtCat calendar is closed as of December 31, 2012. Please visit Filterizer for art recommendations.


ARTCAT



Ellen K. Levy, Public Secrets

Michael Steinberg Fine Art
526 West 26th Street, Suite 215, 212-924-5770
Chelsea
February 15 - March 17, 2007
Reception: Thursday, February 15, 6 - 8 PM
Web Site


Public Secrets, a new exhibition of works by Ellen K. Levy, explores the complex relationships between hidden knowledge and public anxieties. The artist builds a dialogue between the handmade and the technological, drawing inspiration from post-industrial inventions that involve grand schemes to generate unseen forces of energy or to shape living matter. Levy initially selects images and text of patented inventions that highlight the convergence of economic and political interests. She alters these minimal black-and-white diagrams through re-drafting and computer programs, creating a new digital version. Then she cuts and recomposes the printed image, engaging the materials and underlying wood support as significant visual components. Levy paints new images over the surface, taking cues from the inventors’ descriptions and titles. In so doing, each public document becomes a unique work of art.

www.flickr.com
Have photos of this show? Tag them with artcal-4158 to see them here.