2/3/2004
Sebastiaan Bremer
Satellite, New York
'Seething, Lying and Other Works.' Continuing to push the parameters and depths of his unique hybrid of photography and drawing, Sebastiaan Bremer has assembled diverse works for this exhibition that demonstrate the range and richness of his process.
SATELLITE is extremely pleased to present Roebling Hall's third solo
exhibition of new works by Sebastiaan Bremer, titled 'Seething, Lying And
Other Works.'
Continuing to push the parameters and depths of his unique hybrid of
photography and drawing, Sebastiaan Bremer has assembled diverse works for
this exhibition that demonstrate the range and richness of his process.
Beginning with snapshots of family, friends, vacations and locations from
early childhood, Bremer rephotographs his images, printing them on an
enlarged scale that often blur and distort their original lineaments. Bremer
then layers colored dyes over the surfaces of these second generation
photographs, at times obscuring the original image partially or even
totally. After preparing this ground, Bremer draws on top of the photographs
with colored ink pens, employing miniscule dot patterns that range over the
surface of the images in harmonious and conflicting patterns.
At times, the dot drawings evolve into image-laden labyrinths from which
landscapes, interiors, faces, fantastical animals and other imagery unfold.
These scenes are Bremer's stream of consciousness voice, a non-hierarchical
narrative that moves in and out of time past, present and future. Other
times, the dots undulate in abstract patterns, draping over the photographic
image like thin, haunting veils of coalescing thought.
Each of Sebastiaan Bremer's works possesses a powerful presence borne out of
his signature use of drawing and photography. From a distance, sometimes the
photographic image wins out. But up close, a series of diaphanous,
meandering universes appear, intricate, frankly beautiful and always
suggestive of mysterious worlds at once present and just beyond our reach.
Sebastiaan Bremer has exhibited in, among other venues, The Victoria and
Albert Museum (London), The University Art Museum (Albany), Barbara Thumm
Gallery (Berlin), Air de Paris (Paris), Mia Sundberg Gallery (Stockholm) and
Ybakatu Gallery (Curitiba, Brazil). His work will appear this spring at,
among other venues, The Brooklyn Museum, the Southeastern Center for
Contemporary Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. A full-color catalog of
his work has just been issued by Thumm & Kolbe Verlag.
Reception Wednesday, March 3, 7-10 PM
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