Dannielle Tegeder
dal 11/1/2002 al 9/2/2002
Segnalato da
11/1/2002
Dannielle Tegeder
De Chiara Gallery, New York
Love, Lust and other Mechanical Systems. Tegeder’s work consists mainly of paintings based on underground blueprints, architectural plans, and technological drawings. Tegeder uses biotechnological illustration charts, underground and air transportation paths, diagrams of plumbing and heating systems, and computer-based technological images as the basis for her work and transforms them with vivid colors through painting and drawing.
Love, Lust and other Mechanical Systems
De Chiara Gallery is pleased to announce
the first New York solo show featuring
the work of painter Dannielle Tegeder.
Tegeder’s work consists mainly of
paintings based on underground
blueprints, architectural plans, and
technological drawings.
"Our society’s
technological and architectural
advancements both delight and disgust
us." says Tegeder. "These advances are
equally capable of empowering and
disabling us. We have nuclear weapons,
biological terrorism, over population,
and flight path congestion in every
city, and we rely on a variety of safety
measures to make sure we are not
overcome by them."
Tegeder uses
biotechnological illustration charts,
underground and air transportation
paths, diagrams of plumbing and heating
systems, and computer-based
technological images as the basis for
her work and transforms them with vivid
colors through painting and drawing.
Starting with a diagrammatic base,
Tegeder draws on paper or panel parts
dissected from her reference materials.
Using acrylic paint, drafting tools and
other materials such as colored pencil,
markers and gouache, she creates what
she calls "pseudo-systems." Her
influences include the drawings of
architects such as Paulo Solari and the
later work of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Her
color schemes, partly derived from
popular American culture, are inspired
by minute observations of daily life..
"The creative process," says Tegeder
"enables me to understand the
abstractions of human development and
modern society’s obsession with
technology."
"Dannielle Tegeder is a playful cynic
who infuses her metaphoric paintings
with witty social critique." says critic
Susan Snodgrass.
"Tegeders’s elemental
forms and quirky biomorphic shapes
become building blocks for complex
networks or habitats in which technology
and the natural world coexist."
Tegeder received her Masters degree from
the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago. Her upcoming exhibitions
include "Out of Site" at The New Museum
of Contemporary Art, and a solo
exhibition at The Herter Art Gallery at
The University of Massachusetts at
Amherst. She has exhibited at Jan
Cicero Gallery in Chicago,
müllerdechiara in Berlin, Rhoades
College Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee,
Triple Candie inc, and The Bronx Museum
in NYC. Her awards include a Marie
Walshe Sharpe Foundation grant, Henry
Street Settlement NYC Studio grant, The
Millay Colony, AIM program at the Bronx
Museum and upcoming residency at Yaddo
and a Fullbright Scholar grant in
Pakistan.
Image: Cream under city with secret dome forest
and escape transport plan, 2001 acrylic,
enamel and mixed media on panel 4' x 4'
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 12,
2002 6 - 8 p.m.
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday
11:00-6:00 pm
De Chiara Gallery,
521 West 26th St.,
New York City 10001
t.212.967.6007
f.212.967.1604