The Idea of Death is Tormenting Me
dal 9/2/2006 al 11/3/2006
Segnalato da
9/2/2006
The Idea of Death is Tormenting Me
Brooklyn Fire Proof, New York
Lara Allen's images draw upon the Christian and pagan symbolism that filled her childhood. Stacy Fisher's handmade sculptures playfully blend icons of life and death, nature and mythology. Ann Toebbe's paintings fixate on the repetitious banality of middle class life as manifested in the furniture arrangements, holiday decorations, and mealtime detritus of the places she has called home.
The Idea of Death is Tormenting Me
Lara Allen, Stacy Fisher and Ann Toebbe
curated by Ann Toebbe
Lara Allen sings ragtime.
Stacy Fisher ties a perfect bow.
Ann Toebbe sits and stares out the window.
Brooklyn Fire Proof is pleased to present The Idea of Death is Tormenting
Me, an exhibition of work curated by Ann Toebbe about three women who have
found themselves courted by death in the dark depths of their imaginations.
Lara Allen's work possesses the nocturnal urges and terrors that masquerade
as religious fundamentalism, covering doors and walls with drawings of
burning buildings, whirling smoke plumes and spinning nightingales. Allen's
images draw upon the Christian and pagan symbolism that filled her
childhood, probing for that crux of belief where the preaching of what is
good awakens a curiosity‹or perhaps a desire‹for what is evil.
Stacy Fisher's handmade sculptures playfully blend icons of life and death,
nature and mythology in search of new hybrids, things that feel both
familiar and impossible for reasons we cannot quite place. For Fisher, the
act of object making is an indulgence that enables us to pay particular and
methodical attention to what shapes we perceive and ignore, what materials
we re-use or waste, what we keep and remember, and what we just throw away.
Ann Toebbe's paintings fixate on the repetitious banality of middle class
life as manifested in the furniture arrangements, holiday decorations, and
mealtime detritus of the places she has called home. Through the use of
repetition, she focuses on the objects present in a remembered moment, using
the process of painting to embalm her own memories in silence and darkness.
Opening Reception: Friday, February 10, 7 10 pm with a special performance
by Ragtime Germs
Brooklyn Fire Proof
101 Richardson Street Top Floor - Brooklyn, NY
Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday, 12 6 pm or during the week by
appointment.