Having arrived in New York in early July from London, Mendelson had the opportunity to create a series of collages and drawings before gaining full access to the gallery space for its dormant month of August to work on her site-specific installation. The exhibition will be the culmination of these flat works and the incredibly detailed and consuming wall drawings that fill much of the gallery’s wall space. In addition, the artist has created a sculptural centerpiece that houses an old scroll feed fax machine. Through the course of the exhibition, Mendelson’s will add to the other drawings in the show by periodically faxing drawings that will roll out onto the gallery floor. Like the drawings on the wall, these transmitted records will too be ephemeral.

Much of the imagery in the exhibition, titled In-patient, makes reference to the medical practices of psychiatry and behaviors of the committed. Compiled and collaged somewhat free-associatively, Mendelson’s images range in dreamlike states from exotic flowers, plants and birds to the erotic and phallic to random equipment like tape recorders, distortion pedals and polygraphs. The soft graphite spread out against the gallery’s sterile white walls suits Mendelson’s interests and imagery well.