Aaron Spangler

Zach Feuer Gallery, New York

The exhibition consists of five carved and painted works including a 12-foot long bas relief panel. Spangler's work is carved from solid blocks of basswood, a medium rife with limitations and possibilities, and then covered in black gesso and graphite.

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Zach Feuer Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Aaron Spangler opening October 18 and on view through November 24, 2007. The exhibition consists of five carved and painted works including a 12-foot long bas relief panel.

Spangler's work is carved from solid blocks of basswood, a medium rife with limitations and possibilities, and then covered in black gesso and graphite. Working three-dimensionally and in bas relief, the artist works reductively, balancing shifting scale and perspective, so that each cut not only focuses but propels the composition forward. Increasingly, abstract form and line in Spangler's work share space with representational imagery so that neither carry more weight than the other.

At first glance, the action in the carvings seems to occupy a specific lawless period in the rural American consciousness. However, as objects in nature accumulate as much agency as man-made ones, the composition evokes a timeless world where objects become unmoored from their footings, behave badly, and avenge injustices on their own.

Opening reception: October 18, 6-8pm

Zach Feuer Gallery
530 West 24th Street - New York
Free admission

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