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27/2/2003

Sarah Emerson

Thomas Erben Gallery, New York

do the collapse

After Sarah Emerson's successful inclusion in Substatic, a group show at the gallery in 2002, we are now very pleased to present the artist's first solo exhibition in New York.

do the collapse refers to the artist's interest in the vulnerability of still surfaces and the violent disintegration or crumbling of real emotional and literal landscapes. Her colorful, yet muted paintings combine a variety of visual references ranging from dead bucks, barren trees, to pop inspired abstract elements. The images occupy the entire surface, which is rendered flatly, not unlike camouflage patterning. In many instances there are things trying to crash in from the outside, disrupting and sometimes threatening. Sparkling rhinestones, encrusting upon different parts of the surface, add a slight kinetic element to the viewing experience.

Emerson's work indicates an awareness of mortality manifested through a language informed by a painterly discourse with artists as varied as Warhol, Wesley, Kilimnick and Althoff. Her reference to natural objects and landscape is used as a device to keep the conversation as close to the real as possible without completely relying on literal interpretations of the surface or space.

Charlotta Kotik, Brooklyn Museum, selected her work for the 2003 Northeast edition of New American Paintings where it also appears on the cover. She will show with Galerie Cosmic, Paris, in the 2003-4 season. A BFA graduate from the Atlanta College of Art, Sarah Emerson obtained her MA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College in London. She lives and works in New York.

Opening Reception: Friday, February 28 6-8.30

Image: The Bend, 2002 acrylic/rhinestones on canvas 70" x 56"

THOMAS ERBEN GALLERY
516 West 20th Street NEW YORK NY 10011
Ph: 212-645.8701 Fx: 212-645.9630

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