Michael Krueger - Dominic Paul Moore - Deborah Baker
dal 6/1/2011 al 11/2/2011
Segnalato da
6/1/2011
Michael Krueger - Dominic Paul Moore - Deborah Baker
Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago
In concentrated colored pencil on paper, Krueger weaves together images of abandon hippie communes, Vietnam era Zippo lighter imagery & text, lone figuration and the landscape as a mystic force. Moore's new work has been abstracted from a select group of Picasso and Mattisse paintings from the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, finding new motifs then expanding upon them further. Baker's Cryptogram is a loosely descriptive title for her newest embroidery show. Baker is often trying to 'solve' her own thoughts by doing and working through artwork in this way.
Michael Krueger
So Alone and Mystified
So Alone and Mystified revisits imagery and themes of rebellion, utopianism, and ‘back to nature’ movements of the
1970’s. In concentrated colored pencil on paper, Krueger weaves together images of abandon hippie communes,
Vietnam era Zippo lighter imagery & text, lone figuration and the landscape as a mystic force. Michael’s return to the
ideals of the 1970’s represents a longing for a time of optimism and rebellion and also shared remorse in the failures of
past generations. A quote from Krueger follows.
“Narrative is a powerful force in our everyday life and I believe we long for an unfolding of the ordinary into the mythic.
I am searching for the extraordinary in everyday life and looking at history and landscape, as means to better under-
stand a world that is built on past events and memories. A deep sense of self, hope, melancholy, mystery and a vein of
tenderness are qualities that I seek to have in my work.”
Dominic Paul Moore
you’re partially to blame
These things don’t just come to you, I mean. What I mean is... they do. They’re given. But I didn’t want them for the
longest time. In fact, I rejected them like I thought you had to. It felt good to not need them. But, now these old lovers
seem to bring pause. I hated them for this. I didn’t want to have to pay respect to their genesis. That’s behind me now.
Flipped and turned, mirrored and then remade. Becoming from bits and pieces. These are incomplete sentences made
into different incomplete sentences. Broadened and flattened.
Moore's new work has been abstracted from a select group of Picasso and Mattisse paintings from the collection of The
Art Institute of Chicago, finding new motifs then expanding upon them further. Moore is also a gallerist who co-runs
EBERSMOORE gallery right around the corner from our gallery.
Deborah Baker
Cryptogram
Cryptogram is a loosely descriptive title for Baker’s newest embroidery show. Baker is often trying to “solve” her own
thoughts by doing and working through artwork in this way. She mostly uses the rebus as a device, which is a combi-
nation of words, letters, and imagery to make another word, statement or phrase. She often starts out with a title, and
then uses word association to flesh out her simple narrative. She’s consistently compulsive and sorts thoughts into a
simple visual code. Translation for the piece Scissors, goes something like this, in her head anyway.... “a tool of the
trade, symbol for cutting, editing. Editing things from my life, paper dolls, silhouettes, toys from childhood, dancers in
a line, all the same, removing, literally.... cut and paste”.
This past year Baker’s artwork was used in the production design for the locally filmed Ron Howard film, The Dilemma.
Image: Michael Krueger
Reception Friday, January 7th 5 - 8 PM
Packer Schopf Gallery
942 W. Lake St Chicago
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:00am to 5:30pm