For her first one person show with the gallery Annette Bezor presents a series of recent paintings in which she juxtaposes a cool detached abstraction for the background in contrast with an expressive figuration for the foreground alluding to a narrative content. The paintings present sequenced images repeated with barely detectable contrasts and similarities, challenging the viewer to identify and decipher their individuality.
New Paintings
Florence Lynch Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings
by Annette Bezor.
For her first one person show with the gallery Annette Bezor presents a
series of recent paintings in which she juxtaposes a cool detached
abstraction for the background in contrast with an expressive figuration for
the foreground alluding to a narrative content. The paintings present
sequenced images repeated with barely detectable contrasts and similarities,
challenging the viewer to identify and decipher their individuality.
The size of the painted image is massively enlarged by comparison with the
original image, as if under a magnifying glass. It appears that two
renditions of each original have been made, but while they appear
superficially the same, there are subtle but important differences
between the two images constituting each pair. A viewer's preference
for one version of an image over another parallels the process by which a
viewer may find one person attractive and another not so attractive.
Repetition also suggests movement, as the human eye moves from one image to
the next. This illustrates the way the slightest nuance has a major effect
on our perception. The movement of the eye references the way film works -
as a series of stills which, together, conveys action.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Bezor has exhibited in one person venues
at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide;
Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne; Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Sydney;
Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide; Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, among
others. Selected group exhibitions include the Grand Palais, Paris;
National Art Gallery of Victoria; University of South Australia Art Museum;
SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney. Her work is in many public and private
collections among them, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; National
Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; ICI
Collection; and Auckland City Gallery, New Zealand.
The exhibition is on view from May 22 to June 21, 2003.
An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Thursday, May 22, from
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m.
For
further information and photographic material please contact Florence Lynch
or Charles Haywood at 212-924-3290.
The reception is generously sponsored by MITCHELL, Clare Valley, South
Australia
Florence Lynch Gallery, 531-539 West 25th Street, Ground Floor, NY 10001
Tel. 212-924-3290