Two exhibitions
dal 23/1/2003 al 22/2/2003
Segnalato da
23/1/2003
Two exhibitions
Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
Jon Pylypchuk 'and now occasionally, and reluctantly I lift my head from where it usually hangs in shame': for this exhibition, Pylypchuk began with his characteristic drawings and collages and translated them into sculptural arrangements. Nicola Tyson, 'Heads': in this exhibition, Tyson employs for the first time the technique of monoprint.
- Jon Pylypchuk
and now occasionally, and reluctantly,
I lift my head from where it usually hangs in shame
Friedrich Petzel Gallery is pleased to announce its second solo exhibition
of work by Los Angeles-based artist Jon Pylypchuk For this exhibition,
Pylypchuk began with his characteristic drawings and collages and translated
them into sculptural arrangements. His recurring cast of characters now take
on life-size proportions and express their innermost feelings of lust,
guilt, and shame in an even more immediate fashion.
"I feel less compelled to be conscious of what I am creating and to
let things draw themselves out as
they will and to work with an automatic process. The sincerity of a
quick drawing started to translate
itself well into larger sculptures." Jon Pylypchuk, December 18, 2002
Pylypchuk's' crafting of monstrous puppets in their rather unstable
relationships is similar in spirit as the
assemblages of his previous work. Brutally raw yet detailed constructions
utilizing common materials such as
plywood, fabric and wallpaper remnants, glue, and screws invade the third
dimension.
Pylypchuk recently exhibited his work at the UCLA Hammer Museum and will be
featured in "The Royal Art Lodge", an exhibition opening this month at The
Drawing Center.
and now occasionally, and reluctantly I lift my head from where it usually
hangs in shame opens on Thursday, January 23, with a reception on Friday,
January 24 from 6-8pm, and will be on view through February 22.
Image: Jon Pylypchuk, And Once Farrah Left, I Ate Carpet, 2003, mixed media, 108 x 72 x 48 in.
(274.3 x 182.9 x 121.9 cm.)
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- Nicola Tyson
Heads
Friedrich Petzel Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works
on paper by Nicola Tyson. This exhibition will be Tyson's fifth solo show at
the gallery.
In this exhibition, Tyson employs for the first time the technique of
monoprint. Working fast and decisively the images are first painted in
acrylic onto glass and then transferred by the artist to sized paper by the
application of pressure. Taking Goya, Gainsborough and the commercial
photographic 'headshot' as reference points, Tyson delivers a gallery of
improbable Portrait Heads, as she titles them, which candidly engage with
the gaze of the viewer across extraordinary acerbic color combinations, and
demonstrate a stunning fluidity and unparalleled immediacy. In tandem with
these Tyson expands on her investigations of self in a series of
Self-portraits, where psychological examination is pushed to pictorial
absurdity.
In addition to the heads, and using the same monoprint technique, Tyson
revisits the motif of the Bouquet, in small scale abstracted images of
plant-like forms, grouped into triptychs, in a mournful purple and a hopeful
brilliant orange.
Nicola Tyson lives and works in New York. Her work has been exhibited
internationally and she has been the subject of a solo exhibition at the
Kunsthalle Zurich. Her work is included in the collections of the Tate
Gallery, London, Museum of Modern Art, New York, SF MOMA, The Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., and the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum
Heads opens on Thursday, January 23, with a reception on Friday, January 24
from 6-8pm, and will be on view through February 22.
Friedrich Petzel Gallery
535 West 22nd Street NY 10011
New York